A FARE dodger has been hit with a hefty fine.
Magistrates heard Ose Christian, of Arrowsmith Avenue, Worcester, boarded a train in Pershore without paying.
The court heard the 25-year-old had not paid for a ticket, entitling him to travel on the Great Western Service, on July 30 last year.
After magistrates found the case proven in his absence magistrates announced Christian would be fined £220.
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Christian was ordered to pay compensation of £5.60 - the cost of the ticket.
He was also ordered to pay costs of £180 and a victim surcharge of £88.
Christian was ordered to pay the total, £493.60, in full by March 17.
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