A FARE dodger from Ellesmere Port has been ordered to pay nearly £800.

Joseph Henry Hanrahan, 23, of Kalewood Road, was charged with travelling on the Great Western Railway service from Bristol Temple Meads without paying a £128.30 fare on April 15, 2021.

At Bristol Magistrates Court on Monday, October 4, Hanrahan's case was proved in his absence.

He was fined £440, ordered to pay £128.30 compensation, court costs of £180 and a victim surcharge of £44.