Sir, – Recent convictions for nonpayment of TV licences (News, May 11th) highlight the extraordinary situation where non-payment of a €160 television licence can result in a criminal record.
Compare that offence with tax defaulters who might have evaded a million euro or more in tax yet they receive no criminal record, or contrast it with the recent case of a man who knocked a garda to the floor of a courtroom and also managed to avoid a criminal record.
It is no wonder the issue of TV licences is mired in controversy. – Yours, etc,
PAVEL MARIANSKI,
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Dungarvan,
Co Waterford.
