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  • TV license summons.

    Hope summons dont come in threes.
    Here we go,will try to explain best i can.
    Have been summoned to magistrates court for watching tv without a licence.Its my first time,i may decide to plead NOT GUILTY as tech,i did have a licence issued by them.Only problem is i had not paid for it.
    So is it a debt problem they should be trying to recover.

    Had just returned home with my new second hand TV,not a plasma,the old type of telly.Was given to me by family member.
    It was about 7:00 in afternoon,i was busy tuning telly,its broken ,no sound.
    Knock come on my window,had my back to window,i shouted "hang on wont be a minute".
    When turns round the gentleman asks me if i am such,such.

    I was in full view of him fixing /tuning my broken telly.Eny how he comes in .Big mistake couldnt get rid of him,going on,on about working on Q2 ship,army,inbetween this he is trying to fix mt TV for me.
    1Hour later,i have sorted Direct debit for TV licence.

    The first direct debit was for 60+pounds,couldnt afford to pay it,co-incided with car insurance due.
    So i e-mails them,explaining my position.
    Next day to make sure TV debit does not get claimed befor my car insurance i canceld it.

    Week later my TV licence comes in post,full TV licence holder,only prob is i now have no TV,never did get sound to work,so binned it few days after TV man came.

    With the summons came statement from TV man who was in my house for 1 hour,he says my TV was being tuned when he arrived and no sound could be obtained from TV.

    Through the telly out couple days later havent had one since.Eny ideas.
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  • #2
    Re: TV license summons.

    Guilty.

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    • #3
      Re: TV license summons.

      Originally posted by enquirer View Post
      Guilty.
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      • #4
        Re: TV license summons.

        Ditto...

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        • #5
          Re: TV license summons.

          Dont agree with you.
          You see tech i do have a TV license issued by them covering alledged offence up till 2015,the charge of watching TV with out license is wrong.
          I see this more as a dept problem they should pursue.
          I will seek legal advice (pro bono style) and keep you informed.
          6 second abs,3 up,3 down Get the perfect abs..

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          • #6
            Re: TV license summons.

            Hi,prosecutor with drew the case.
            Though still have some unanswered questions,
            If viewing a TV with out a licence is a crimminal offence,why was i not cautioned,arrested,interviewed?
            6 second abs,3 up,3 down Get the perfect abs..

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            • #7
              Re: TV license summons.

              You were lucky, very lucky.

              - Yes, it's a criminal offence, contrary to the Communications Act 2003.
              - Yes, you should have been cautioned - it's even in the TVL training manual.
              - No, it's not arrestable.
              - Yes, you had the interview when you spoke to the goon.

              Out of curiosity, did they know that you were going to defend it? They sometimes withdraw cases if they know that they are going to be opposed.

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              • #8
                Re: TV license summons.

                Originally posted by enquirer View Post
                You were lucky, very lucky.

                - Yes, it's a criminal offence, contrary to the Communications Act 2003.
                - Yes, you should have been cautioned - it's even in the TVL training manual.
                - No, it's not arrestable.
                - Yes, you had the interview when you spoke to the goon.

                Out of curiosity, did they know that you were going to defend it? They sometimes withdraw cases if they know their dodgy evidence is likely to be ripped to shreds in court.
                I've fixed your post for you. :grin:
                Life is a journey on which we all travel, sometimes together, but never alone.

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