article_snippet: A fare dodger who was caught forging his own first class train tickets has been ordered to pay back £17,000.
article_snippet: Detective Constable David Williams, a financial investigator said: 'a default sentence of 12 months in prison sends a clear message to anyone thinking of trying to evade payment of train fares and parking that it really isn't worth it.'
article_snippet: He has also been ordered to carry out 240 hours unpaid work and a 12-day restorative justice course at Sheffield Crown Court.