Merseyrail recognises that any court conviction is serious and may possibly be life changing, therefore the decision to prosecute will only be made after careful examination of all the evidence and mitigation. Such a decision will be made subject to the satisfaction of the following criteria:
- The evidence shows that a conviction is a realistic outcome.
- Reliable evidence relating to the identification of an alleged offender.
- Relevance and admissibility of the evidence available.
- Reliable observational evidence of the alleged offender.
- Reliability of any confession and admission, verbal or recorded in the authorised person’s notes or report of ticket irregularities and byelaws offences statement.
- Reliability of a prosecution witness.