A ROMSEY man tried to avoid paying a train fare.

Now he must pay a sum 90 times the amount of the ticket.

Kirarn Leggett, 26, of Winchester Hill, was caught on a train at Romsey railway station on December 16, Portsmouth Magistrates Court heard.

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The case against him was proved under the single justice procedure.

Magistrates order Leggett to pay the train company £4.60 compensation, fined him £220 with a £34 victim surcharge and £160 costs. The full amount of £418.60 must be paid by May 24.

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