End of career for rail fare dodge barrister

Thame

  A barrister who dodged thousands of pounds in railway fares has been booted out of the profession. Dr Peter Barnett, 45, regularly avoided paying the full amount by claiming he commuted from Wembley in northwest London instead of his home in the Oxfordshire market town of Thame. But his scam was derailed when he was confronted by a suspicious ticket inspector at Marylebone station in November 2014. He ran away from the inspector before handing himself in the following…

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