Consultant and his 55 lockdown Tube fare dodges
Evening Standard|March 23, 2023
A GREAT Ormond Street consultant is facing a six-month suspension after he was caught fare dodging on his daily commute to the children's hospital.
Tristan Kirk
Consultant and his 55 lockdown Tube fare dodges

Dr James Ip, a paediatric anaesthetist, was caught by a Transport for London ticket inspector as he went through the barriers at Hammersmith using his wife's free travel pass. When prosecuted, on February 7 last year, Ip admitted fare-dodging another 54 times over the preceding three months, saying he had been driven by "anger" at having to pay to go to work in the pandemic.

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