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£8m Spurs Defender Caught Dodging £7 Tube Fare Blamed 'Divorce'

The former Premier League defender was fined £220 after court staff said he used another person’s transport pass and owed £565 in total.

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The ex player was stopped by a TfL officer while attempting to tailgate a friend through the barriers at St Paul’s Station

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Former footballer Sébastien Bassong was sentenced on 30 October by the Wimbledon court for fraud on the London subway. He was caught in flagrante delicto last May at Saint Paul station and tried to...

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Former Tottenham, Newcastle and Norwich footballer Sebastian Basong will have to pay a total of £565 for a trip on the London Underground with a foreign employee card. On October 30, Wimbledon Court found him guilty of travelling without a valid ticket. The case dates back to May this year, when the 40-year-old former Cameroon national team player was stopped by a Transport for London employee while passing through the turnstiles. An Oyster card…

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My London broke the news in London, United Kingdom on Monday, November 2, 2026.
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