Thursday, 1 March 2012

Vic: Serial toll offender walks free, but must pay $9000

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Vic: Serial toll offender walks free, but must pay $9000

A serial toll evader on Melbourne's CityLink system avoided hefty fines after tellinga court he didn't realise he had to pay.

Melbourne Magistrates Court heard 69-year-old CHRISTOS KATSIMALIS, a Greek migrantof Ascot Vale, was unaware of the tolls because of his poor English.

KATSIMALIS had faced a maximum penalty of more than $111,000 -- five times the originaltotal -- after pleading guilty to a record 223 counts of using CityLink without an …

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