The following cases appeared at Reading and Slough Magistrates’ Courts

April 8


INTIKHAB ALAM, 44, of Southampton Street, Reading, convicted of travelling on a railway without having paid a fare in Reading on October 15, 2021. Fined £440, must pay £23.40 in compensation and £224 in court costs. 
TOM BARNES, 33, of Tilehurst Road, Reading, convicted of travelling on a railway without having paid a fare in Reading on October 10, 2021. Fined £440, must pay £18.90 in compensation and £224 in court costs. 
MARTINS BITE, 21, of Kendrick Road, Reading, admitted travelling on a railway without having paid a fare in Reading on October 11, 2021. Fined £440, must pay £20.40 in compensation and £224 in court costs. 
BILLIE-JO COLE, 25, of Oxford Road, Tilehurst, convicted of travelling on a railway without having paid a fare in Reading on October 11, 2021. Fined £440, must pay £3.00 in compensation and £224 in court costs. 
ROY MACE, 47, of Cormorant Wood, Newbury, convicted of travelling on a railway without having paid a fare in Newbury on October 21, 2021. Fined £440, must pay £9.600 in compensation and £224 in court costs. 
THOMAS REEVES, 20, of Whales Avenue, Reading, convicted of travelling on a railway without having paid a fare in Reading on October 12, 2021. Fined £440, must pay £10.20 in compensation and £224 in court costs. 
MATEUSZ SYZMANSKI, 28, of Basingstoke Road, Reading, convicted of travelling on a railway without having paid a fare in Reading on October 18, 2021. Fined £440, must pay £7.80 in compensation and £224 in court costs. 


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