fishfinger893
New Member
Hello,
I am autistic with high support needs and have gone on three train journeys so far without my mother to support me, 1 to Manchester and 2 to Liverpool, both from Chester and each time I have done the exact same thing. I believed that I had done the correct thing but I have apparently done something wrong (although I am still not clear on what that is).
Each time I have purchased two tickets for my sister and I, one adult and one child (she is 15), then I have used my disability card, I thought I had used this correctly since the first two train journeys our tickets had been inspected multiple times and the ticket inspectors had no issues with them, so I thought I had done everything correctly.
This morning I did the same thing, but when I was asked by a ticket inspector to show the tickets he told me that my ticket was valid but my sisters wasn't, but since I had paid for it I would be the one getting fined. He told me that my sister would also need a disabled card, which I was very confused about since the disabled card was only for me. He asked me a lot of questions which I found very confusing and felt as if he was ignoring my full answers (Asking me along the lines of "Do you understand that using an invalid ticket is illegal?" I said yes but I didnt think this was invalid, he only seemed to take notice of the yes, nodding and slightly smirking as soon as he heard a "yes"). His tone was also very condescending and my sister pointed that out after too, he was talking to me like a child despite knowing my age (I am 20). Also at the end he then put his fist out and fist bumped me (as if he hadn't just gave me a huge fine...) and told me he just wanted to be fair.
I am very very confused on what I did wrong and it has made me super worried and stressed out, I've put in the website and notice number that I got on the receipt and it says:
Notice Type: Prosecution (MG11)
Notice Number: MRXXXXXXX [Redacted just in case]
Issue Date: 27/04/2024 09:34
Station From: Chester
Station To: Liverpool Central
Station At: Hooton
Penalty Amount: £125.00
Admin Amount: £0.00
Amount Paid: £0.00
Amount Due: £125.00
I don't know what to do, he said that I should get a letter in the post in a couple weeks, so do I pay the money now? Will this give me a criminal record? I have been talking to my mum and her boyfriend and her boyfriend has been telling me to just ignore it and don't pay it but I'm worried that that will make it worse. I didn't intentionally do anything wrong and it would be nice for someone to explain what I did and what I should do now. Thank you.
I am autistic with high support needs and have gone on three train journeys so far without my mother to support me, 1 to Manchester and 2 to Liverpool, both from Chester and each time I have done the exact same thing. I believed that I had done the correct thing but I have apparently done something wrong (although I am still not clear on what that is).
Each time I have purchased two tickets for my sister and I, one adult and one child (she is 15), then I have used my disability card, I thought I had used this correctly since the first two train journeys our tickets had been inspected multiple times and the ticket inspectors had no issues with them, so I thought I had done everything correctly.
This morning I did the same thing, but when I was asked by a ticket inspector to show the tickets he told me that my ticket was valid but my sisters wasn't, but since I had paid for it I would be the one getting fined. He told me that my sister would also need a disabled card, which I was very confused about since the disabled card was only for me. He asked me a lot of questions which I found very confusing and felt as if he was ignoring my full answers (Asking me along the lines of "Do you understand that using an invalid ticket is illegal?" I said yes but I didnt think this was invalid, he only seemed to take notice of the yes, nodding and slightly smirking as soon as he heard a "yes"). His tone was also very condescending and my sister pointed that out after too, he was talking to me like a child despite knowing my age (I am 20). Also at the end he then put his fist out and fist bumped me (as if he hadn't just gave me a huge fine...) and told me he just wanted to be fair.
I am very very confused on what I did wrong and it has made me super worried and stressed out, I've put in the website and notice number that I got on the receipt and it says:
Notice Type: Prosecution (MG11)
Notice Number: MRXXXXXXX [Redacted just in case]
Issue Date: 27/04/2024 09:34
Station From: Chester
Station To: Liverpool Central
Station At: Hooton
Penalty Amount: £125.00
Admin Amount: £0.00
Amount Paid: £0.00
Amount Due: £125.00
I don't know what to do, he said that I should get a letter in the post in a couple weeks, so do I pay the money now? Will this give me a criminal record? I have been talking to my mum and her boyfriend and her boyfriend has been telling me to just ignore it and don't pay it but I'm worried that that will make it worse. I didn't intentionally do anything wrong and it would be nice for someone to explain what I did and what I should do now. Thank you.
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