Hi just a quick update from me. Ive been accepted onto the children’s nursing course by the university!!

A lot of the internet based advice i searched did not have the same situation as me or reason. I also did not realise how this would have impacted my ucas application as my course requires an enhanced dbs check. Honestly ive never heard of this website before i only just stumbled across it. Had i known about all of this before my outcome would have been very different and not so rash and i shoot myself in the foot for that. however from doing further research i have found out on NMCs (regulator for nursing & midwifery professions in the uk) guidelines that they do not investigate convictions that were an only offence and do not involve members of public or violence etc. I have also emailed the university i would like to study at and told them about this situation and whether they will still accept me. Just awaiting response

I was caught on the 21st november. But i received the letter to pay the fine of £225.50 on February the 18th. I paid the amount immediately as i did not want to think about the situation anymore and thought if i paid the fine i wont have a criminal record.

i honestly did not know it was illegal for me to use it which i know sounds stupid right now. The most i thought would happen is paying a penalty charge of £40. Not a whole criminal conviction. I couldnt burrow money as there was no one at home to ask. I took my brothers oyster without him knowing. i also didnt think about mentioning to pay in my first appeal. I was very panicked by the whole situation and didnt have anyone to help me and didnt know who to go to for help. Getting a solicitor is way too expensive. is there anything i can do right now to amend my mistake and get rid of the criminal conviction. Or have my chances of becoming a child nurse gone down the drain under section 142 of the magistrates court act it mentions i can reopen a case if i missed a stage which was part of the proceedings. Could me not explaining my situation again in the online link be part of that?

When i was first given the letter to appeal I explained to IAP that i did not have my purse with me as I accidentally left it in my locker At work and so did not have any money to pay for a bus fare. As i was in a rush to get to work i took my brothers oyster 11-15yrs which was very stupid of me i know. I sincerely apologised to them and told them i would never do it again. Later I received a single justice procedure notice saying i can either plead guilty or not guilty and turn up in person or not turn up in person. However the bus ticket inspectors stated that i had said I accidentally took my brothers oyster instead of my own ( i did not say this however i have realised now that would have been better to say in my appeal). I did not receive a letter saying this can be settled out of court?? I pleaded guilty online through the link they mentioned online. There was also a part online where i had to explain my side again but I stupidly left this blank and submitted it. Is it worth getting my case reopened so i can try avoiding a criminal conviction and be able to study at uni for child nursing. I only recently turned 19 and on a gap year. Its really unfair that ive been given a criminal conviction even though this is my first time using someone elses oyster and i am still so young but now this has ruined my future.

i was given a single justice Procedure for using a travel mandate issued by another person. I have pleaded guilty and paid the fine. However it was only later that I realised tfl had never advised me about an out of court settlement. I have read others in my situation settled it out of court. Was it wrong for tfl for not telling that i could have settled it out of court. I would like to become a children’s nurse however a criminal conviction of this sort may hinder may chances. Can i still reclaim back the fine i paid and opt for the out of court settlement instead. I feel as if it is not fair at all that tfl have treated me this way it is my rights to know all the outlining options i have and avoid a criminal conviction.