Licence dodgers caught

MORE than 4,000 people in the Capital were among around 80,000 caught watching TV without a licence last year in Scotland, figures showed.

Glasgow had the highest number of licence dodgers with 23,038 caught, followed by Edinburgh with 4,413 and 3,227 in Aberdeen.

The number being caught is on the rise, with investigators finding 78,000 in the country in 2008.