A city executive has paid back £42,550 in dodged train fares after he misused his Oyster card for years and only paid a third of the journey cost.

The hedge fund manager from East Sussex commuted from Stonegate to London Bridge, where he caught another train to Cannon Street.

The rural station at Stonegate has no ticket barriers, so the man was able to avoid “tapping in” with his Oyster card and only “tapped out” through the barriers once he reached Cannon Street – meaning he paid a maximum of £7.20.