The report (Argus, May 22) of a rail passenger from Cheshire who dodged a fare but came clean 50 years later, paying not the price of the fare 50 years ago but £70 to cover the price of a current single ticket to London, shows what a genuine religious experience can do for a person.

The Bible calls this repentance, which can involve paying back old debts and putting right old wrongs.

What a difference it would make to society if more people found a religion that made such a marked and practical change in their lives.

-The Rev John Webster, Gleton Avenue, Hove