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    A while ago i shoplifted some products from primark, i feel so bad about it. Anyway i was caught and went through the entire process of questioning and then they took every possible id from me they also saw my latest pay slip to confirm my address and then noted my national insurance number, my brp etc. I've received a letter from RLP for a 245 pounds fine.

    now i am in a situation to which i need the advice of the experts here, i am an international student, and new here, will it affect my psw? do you think there'll be record against me, also if i apply for a visa in future, would it affect my application. will they maintain a criminal record against me which could affect me further?

    Kindly help as i am really tensed about it, and if there is no solution i am left with less time, i need to arrange for the money from somewhere. any help would be appreciated
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  • #2
    Firstly RLP have not issued you with a "fine". It's a invoice for Primark's 'costs' that RLP think you ought to contribute to but they have no legal basis for asking you to pay nor any power to to do anything about it if you don't pay. RLP have no legal powers to give you a criminal record. You can only get a criminal record if convicted by a court.

    Courts can issue you with a fine but only if you have been prosecuted and convicted of a criminal offence. But as the police were not called at the time they are highly unlikely to get involved now.

    Our advice is to ignore RLP.'s letters. You do not have to pay them anything. They will try to frighten you into paying by sending you a series of increasingly threatening letters for several months. Ignore them all and eventually RLP will stop sending them.

    Search for RLP on this forum and read the many threads of people in a similar situation to you. As far as we know they followed our advice to ignore RLP and none of them ever came back to report that any court action had been taken.

    If you ever do get a formal letter stating it is a 'Letter of Claim under the Pre-Action Protocols' or any document issued by a court do not ignore those and come back here for advice.
    All opinions expressed are based on my personal experience. I am not a lawyer and do not hold any legal qualifications.

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    • #3
      got it, i really helped me thankyou so much

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      • #4
        this is actually the picture of my letter RLP is even threatening me to take me to court if not paid the fine? should i pay or not cause i cant i have no job and cant afford.
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        • #5
          Standard rubbish letter from RLP.

          no where in that letter do they say they will initiate a court claim.
          Lots of talk about their client's supposed rights and imagined losses (very creative of them) but nothing of real substance.

          RLP can't initiate the claim and Primark won't.

          ​​​​​​​Just ignore them

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          • #6
            so i should ignore all other letters in future as well if any by RPL, what if they take me to court?

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            • #7
              RLP cannot take you to court.
              only Primark can do that.
              RLP just try to frighten their victims inti thinking they can initiate a court claim in the hope that the victim will pay.

              Ignore all RLP letters..

              The only "letters" that must never be ignored are forms issued by a court (and you won't see any of those over this incident)

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              • #8
                Originally posted by party123 View Post
                ..RLP is even threatening me to take me to court if not paid the fine? ...
                I am going to repeat what has been said by two other posters already: RLP are not threatening that. They can't threaten that because RLP have no legal power to take you to court. The letter actually says that ignoring RLP "may lead to [Primark] starting proceedings...". Not that Primark will start proceediungs. It is true it is legally possible for Primark to start proceedings but we have never seen a case where Primark did.

                RLP know that so they just try to frighten you. You'll get more ltters like this. Continue to ignore them, This is what I said in Post #2:

                Originally posted by PallasAthena View Post
                If you ever do get a formal letter stating it is a 'Letter of Claim under the Pre-Action Protocols' or any document issued by a court do not ignore those and come back here for advice.
                All opinions expressed are based on my personal experience. I am not a lawyer and do not hold any legal qualifications.

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