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Afternoon Beagles,
in Feb 2021 my daughter and friends were handed 2 covid fines for leaving their premises and going to a get together and when the police arrived to give them fine they had more than 3 at their halls the full details I don’t have to hand but not sure for the query relevant anyway. They heard nothing from the fines which was around £400 for the 2 breaches !
She then moved to new accommodation in July and that was that. In the November we received fine for over £2000 for the £400 plus costs etc from West Yorkshire collections. At the time we spoke to WYC and Bradford Court and my daughter did a verbal statutory declaration on the 30th Nov 21. From that she was then awaiting a response and had passed on her home address.
2 years later my old house mates at Uni sent me a copy of a letter from Marston Recovery who had been passed on the debt. When I questioned this with them they said they couldn’t do anything and it needed to be paid. I then spoke to the civil justice and explained everything and they said to speak to Bradford court and get the case reopened if she’d had no correspondence. They did say because she didn’t receive anything from the Statutory declaration it was down to her to chase it up and if required do another if they hadn’t actioned the first one ! They said they would ask the legal team if they had case to reopen the case and if she had it reopened would she plead guilty or not guilty. We said she would acknowledge the fine and plead guilty and arrange to pay the original fine what she could afford.
They have now responded saying she needs to be in court in front of the magistrate on Monday and they will send a letter out although she probably won’t receive it in time ! She has never been near a court and has gone into meltdown at the thought !
What are the options as seems overkill when she’s happy to accept the original charge it she can’t afford £2000 extra in debt collectors fees !
any help greatly appreciated.
yours
Duncan
in Feb 2021 my daughter and friends were handed 2 covid fines for leaving their premises and going to a get together and when the police arrived to give them fine they had more than 3 at their halls the full details I don’t have to hand but not sure for the query relevant anyway. They heard nothing from the fines which was around £400 for the 2 breaches !
She then moved to new accommodation in July and that was that. In the November we received fine for over £2000 for the £400 plus costs etc from West Yorkshire collections. At the time we spoke to WYC and Bradford Court and my daughter did a verbal statutory declaration on the 30th Nov 21. From that she was then awaiting a response and had passed on her home address.
2 years later my old house mates at Uni sent me a copy of a letter from Marston Recovery who had been passed on the debt. When I questioned this with them they said they couldn’t do anything and it needed to be paid. I then spoke to the civil justice and explained everything and they said to speak to Bradford court and get the case reopened if she’d had no correspondence. They did say because she didn’t receive anything from the Statutory declaration it was down to her to chase it up and if required do another if they hadn’t actioned the first one ! They said they would ask the legal team if they had case to reopen the case and if she had it reopened would she plead guilty or not guilty. We said she would acknowledge the fine and plead guilty and arrange to pay the original fine what she could afford.
They have now responded saying she needs to be in court in front of the magistrate on Monday and they will send a letter out although she probably won’t receive it in time ! She has never been near a court and has gone into meltdown at the thought !
What are the options as seems overkill when she’s happy to accept the original charge it she can’t afford £2000 extra in debt collectors fees !
any help greatly appreciated.
yours
Duncan
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