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http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/ukne...V-licence.html
One in 10 magistrates' court hearings is now taken up with the offence, which appears more than any other crime.
A total of 140,000 people were convicted of avoiding the licence fee last year, giving them a criminal record and in some cases, those who failed to pay the fine were handed a prison sentence.
Hopefully the more court time it takes up, the closer it will be to getting decriminalised, at which point the whole house of cards falls down ^