'Victimised' by TV licence system
MPs are due to discuss plans to give ministers powers to decriminalise non-payment of the TV licence fee.
The idea, which is believed to be supported by both the Conservatives and Labour, could make non-payment a civil rather than criminal offence.
Marcus Greenhouse from Walsall told the BBC that he found himself in court when he forgot to pay his TV licence during a period of depression after his wife's death.
He said that he paid in full when asked to do so and was assured he would face no further action - but he then received a summons and felt "victimised".
25 Mar 2014
- From the section Entertainment & Arts