Moment a law student tries to talk his way out of a fare dodging fine

Evening Standard

The passenger was stopped by a South Western Railway revenue protection officer at Clapham Junction station in London and initially claimed he had a valid ticket.

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00:00.

00:08Lovely, thank you very much.

00:10Spoo that way, please.

00:12At the other end of the footbridge.

00:14Steering a revenue block.

00:15It's getting quite busy up on the overbridge.

00:17Hello, mate, revenue protection.

00:18Have you got your ticket there, please?

00:20If you've got a valid ticket, there's nothing to worry about,

00:21is there?

00:23Officer Sam has stopped a young man who

00:25claims to have a ticket.

00:27It is a bit slow to break.

00:28That's OK.

00:29He finally pulls it up.

00:32But there's a problem.

00:34OK, have you just bought this one now?

00:36Just bought this one now?

00:37No, I forgot to tap in a lot.

00:38OK, when I stopped you and asked for a ticket,

00:40and you said, yeah, give me a second.

00:42My phone's a little bit slow.

00:43OK, implying you've got a ticket.

00:46You've just purchased this one now.

00:47I didn't purchase it.

00:48Look, 1613, and it's now 1614, OK?

00:51It's valid now.

00:52Pardon?

00:52Is it valid?

00:53No, because you haven't got a valid ticket

00:54before getting on the train.

00:55Oh, I did get on the train.

00:57No, you didn't?

00:57Yeah, I did.

00:58Look at this.

00:58This was bought at 1613.

01:01It's now 1614.

01:02Our trains are quick, but you haven't come to Clapham

01:05in less than a minute.

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