Fare dodger ordered to pay back £17,000
Mason, of Hatfield, Doncaster, in South Yorkshire, was sentenced to six months in prison suspended for two years.
He has also been ordered to carry out 240 hours unpaid work and a 12-day restorative justice course at Sheffield Crown Court.
The British Transport Police investigation began in autumn 2013 when East Coast Trains station support staff saw Mason’s black Vauxhall Meriva car on several occasions in the Executive Car Park at Doncaster train station.
Various ticket discrepancies were noted including an expired ticket and tickets with wrong colours, no date and time printed, incorrect emblems and incorrect value paid.