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by Haystacker2 » Sat Nov 30, 2024 10:39 pm
I'm currently filling in the online form for naturalisation but I'm stuck at the section for convictions and penalties, I don't know how to answer.
Basically, in June last year I was on a train when a ticket Inspector checked my train ticket, and told me it was not valid for that particular train company. He took my details and told me they would contact me. Shortly after this, a medical emergency of a loved one made me leave the UK for about a month. When I got back, I found two letters from the train company. In the first one, they directed me to pay them £70 for travelling with the wrong ticket, and gave me two weeks to do so, or they would take it to court. I wasn't around, so I never paid the £70, and the two weeks lapsed. The second letter was a court summons where they were now seeking £140 at the magistrates court, and from what I heard, this would be a criminal conviction if I lost to them
I went to court, but before the court even sat, the train prosecutor offered me an out of court settlement of £200. I paid, he wrote "settled out court" on my case file, and that was the end of it
My question is this. In the conviction and penalties section, is this relevant in anyway? I settled out of court, the case was wasn't heard
Thank you