Excuses for not showing a valid ticket while on train have included having recently left prison to a mobile phone running out of battery.

A number of people from Bolton were summoned to court for failure to provide a train ticket on request.

George McNamara travelled between Moston and Bolton in August last year and failed to produce a ticket when requested.

He also left the train station at Bolton without going through the right barrier.

He told officers he had lost his ticket on the train and had come out of prison recently.

McNamara refused to give his details and then behaved violently and shouted at the officer challenged him.

Later he gave his details but continued to be aggressive and pushed himself out of the barriers leading to emergency services being called.

At Manchester Magistrates Court McNamara, 27 and from Ashness Grove, Breightmet, Bolton, was convicted in his absence of inacceptable behaviour on the railway, leaving by an unofficial route and failing to produce a ticket on request.

He was fined £400.

Cameron Stanton travelled between Oxford Road, Manchester and Bolton.

He arrived at Deansgate and was asked to produce a ticket but was unable to do so.

The 22-year-old said this was on his phone and this had died.

A letter was sent to him requesting an explanation and he did not respond and a fix penalty letter also went unpaid.

The case against Stanton, from Brandwood Street, was proved at Manchester Magistrates Court.

He was fined £220 and ordered to pay compensation of £5.20, which was the original rail fare.

Aaron Kalengayi travelled between Bolton and Salford Crescent in July last year.

When the 23-year-old arrived at Salford Crescent he was asked for a ticket but said it was on his phone was dead.

A letter was sent requesting an explanation and none was given.

Kalengayi, from Grantham Close, Halliwell, did not respond to this or a fix penalty notice.

The case against him was proved at Manchester Magistrates Court.

He was fined £220 and ordered to pay compensation of £5.20 which was the cost of the journey.

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Kellie McGarry travelled between Manchester Piccadilly and Westhoughton in August last year.

At Manchester Oxford Road the 51-year-old was asked to produce a ticket.

She said this was on her phone and the battery had died.

She was sent a letter demanding an explanation which was ignored and the follow up fixed penalty notice was also ignored.

The case against McCarry, from The Crescent, Westhoughton, was proved at Manchester Magistrates Court.

She was fined £220 and ordered to pay £7.30 in compensation which is the cost of the original train fare.