The following cases were heard at Reading and Slough Magistrates’ Courts:
June 10
STUART DRURY, 42, of Warfield Park, Bracknell, convicted of travelling on a railway without having paid a fare in Wokingham on January 25, 2022. Fined £220, made to pay £6.20 in compensation and ordered to pay £214 in court costs.
JOSHUA GARBUTT, 24, of High Street, Bracknell, convicted of travelling on a railway without having paid a fare in Reading on January 19, 2022. Fined £220, made to pay £2.20 in compensation and ordered to pay £214 in court costs.
NATASHA GILL, 19, of Reeds Hill, Bracknell, convicted of travelling on a railway without having paid a fare in Reading on January 26, 2022. Fined £220, made to pay £13.90 in compensation and ordered to pay £214 in court costs.
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