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BBC to use iPlayer to track down TV licence fee evaders, reports suggest

Any household that watches or records live TV on any channel or uses BBC iPlayer must have a TV licence, which costs £174.50 a year.

Evening Standard

BBC considers using iPlayer to catch out licence fee dodgers

Last year over £500m was lost due to licence fee evasion

The Independent UK

Bedbound disabled woman struggling after cancer death of husband faces TV Licence prosecution

TV Licensing brought the prosecution against the woman after noting she is disabled and has mental health struggles

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Woman gets TV Licence criminal conviction after her house burned down

The woman was prosecuted over TV Licence payments that were missed when her husband lost his job

Evening Standard

Pensioner with dementia in debt 'mess' convicted over unpaid TV Licence bill in fast-track prosecution

Ailing pensioners, people with mental health struggles, grieving families and children have all been caught up in the Single Justice Procedure scandal

Evening Standard

Grieving daughter handed TV licence criminal conviction in fast-track court despite health struggles

A grieving woman with mental health problems is the latest case to emerge from the Single Justice Procedure

Evening Standard

'Homeless' Londoner convicted over unpaid TV licence while caring for disabled woman

The case was dealt with under the notorious Single Justice Procedure

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Pensioner with dementia convicted over unpaid TV Licence bill during stroke recovery in new fast-track court scandal

The BBC is resisting reform of the Single Justice Procedure that would mean mitigation letters are always read by prosecutors

Evening Standard

BBC slammed after blaming magistrates for fast-track justice scandal

The BBC says it would be ‘impractical’ and ‘inefficient’ to expect prosecutors to monitor the cases it brings through the Single Justice Procedure

Evening Standard

Disabled woman grieving sister's death convicted in fast-track court over unpaid TV Licence

The latest example has emerged of a grieving relative being convicted of not keeping up with household bills

Evening Standard

Harsh justice: Grieving relatives convicted in secretive fast-track courts over unpaid household bills

Staggeringly harsh convictions continue to flow through the secretive fast-track Single Justice Procedure courts

Evening Standard

TV Licensing sent a legal warning after I logged on to iPlayer at a friend’s house

A reader who does not own a television was accused of breaking her ‘no licence needed’ declaration

The Guardian - UK

Mother convicted of not paying TV Licence after death of unborn son

Woman penned heartbreaking letter to court saying: ‘I am so sorry for this’

Evening Standard

Government targets reform of private prosecutions after Post Office and Single Justice Procedure scandals

The government is drawing up plans for private prosecution reform after the Post Office and Single Justice Procedure scandals

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Grieving widow convicted in fast-track Single Justice Procedure for not paying TV Licence after watching GB News

TV Licensing prosecutions are dealt with in private Single Justice Procedure hearings

Evening Standard

Suicidal woman prosecuted for TV Licence she 'thought abusive ex had paid'

The woman was convicted and sentenced in a fast-track Single Justice Procedure

The National (Scotland)

Can TV licence officers force their way into your home? Expert explains all

UNDER UK law, officers are tasked with ensuring that residents are paying the appropriate licence fee...

Evening Standard

Mother in hospital with sick son convicted of TV Licence breach after nephew watched BBC Match of the Day

TV Licensing brought criminal prosecution against the woman under the controversial fast-track single justice procedure system

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Evening Standard

Woman detained under Mental Health Act convicted of not having TV licence in latest fast-track justice outrage

TV Licensing is now reviewing the prosecution after The Standard flagged the case

Evening Standard

My justice nightmare: Grieving mother's fast-track court ordeal revealed in Standard and ITV probe

A panel of expert barristers has found nearly three quarters of the SJP prosecutions they assessed were not in the public interest

Evening Standard

Dying woman with terminal breast cancer given fast-track prosecution for not paying for TV licence

TV Licensing has issued an apology and admitted that she should never have been taken to court

The National (Scotland)

Warning over new TV Licence scam - what to look out for

THE scam email claims that your TV Licence is due to expire in the near future and tries to encourage you to renew through a link included in the…

The National (Scotland)

UK households can claim £170 refund on TV licence fee - are you eligible?

IF you do not watch or record live TV, or stream BBC iPlayer you could be eligible for a £169.50 refund on your TV licence..

The Guardian - UK

The TV licence fee scandal: why are 1,000 people a week being casually criminalised?

Each year, tens of thousands of UK citizens are charged with non-payment of their TV licence fee – from the man who missed payments while in hospital, to a woman with a brain injury who forgot to pay

The National (Scotland)

Number of people prosecuted for not paying TV licence revealed

NEARLY 130 people each day are prosecuted for failing to pay their TV licence fee with most of them the poorest people in the UK, an investigation…

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