Oyster oversight; obvious overeaction...

I do despair sometimes: the Daily Telegraph reports today that an aide to an Archbishop is to be prosecuted for 20p oversight...."Rachel McKenzie, 54, offered to pay the difference when an inspector said she did not have enough credit on her Oyster pre-pay card, but was told she would be prosecuted... ...If convicted, she may have to pay a fine of up to £1,000 plus legal costs." All this despite it being only 20p, despite the fact that it was almost certainly an innocent mistake, despite offering to pay the difference and more importantly, despite not being challenged by the driver of the bus, she has been given a summons and must appear before Sutton magistrates later this month. I wonder, had the inspector been faced by a thug who hadn't paid anything and refused to pay anything would he be so...so...fucking petty? I truly hope the magistrate kicks this complete and utter waste of time and money out of court without a nanosecond's hesitation and with no qualifying remarks in support of the inspector re only doing his job.