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DWF letters - Sainsbury’s theft accusation
Hi there,
My partner and I have recently been banned from Sainsbury’s for shoplifting. We are not guilty and have never admitted guilt but we have settled the outstanding balance of £160 that they conjured from somewhere. We don’t want a headache. Sometimes we scan too quickly.
We have subsequently received letters (addressed incorrectly I might add to incorrect names but close enough) from DWF asking for security costs of £150.
My questions are as follows:
1) Should we pay this?
2) If we ignore, when will the chain of letters likely end?
3) Can any of this business affect credit score or even worse, go on criminal records?
We have read a LOT of people saying that these are scare tactics and that the threats are empty and will eventually go away. But how long?
We both work in public facing roles and obviously don’t want to lose our jobs.
When we were ‘caught’ and settled the outstanding sum, we specifically asked them if that’s it; whether any further action would be taken, whether the police would get involve and so on and their answer at Sainsbury’s was no. It’s done.
Please kindly advise!
My partner and I have recently been banned from Sainsbury’s for shoplifting. We are not guilty and have never admitted guilt but we have settled the outstanding balance of £160 that they conjured from somewhere. We don’t want a headache. Sometimes we scan too quickly.
We have subsequently received letters (addressed incorrectly I might add to incorrect names but close enough) from DWF asking for security costs of £150.
My questions are as follows:
1) Should we pay this?
2) If we ignore, when will the chain of letters likely end?
3) Can any of this business affect credit score or even worse, go on criminal records?
We have read a LOT of people saying that these are scare tactics and that the threats are empty and will eventually go away. But how long?
We both work in public facing roles and obviously don’t want to lose our jobs.
When we were ‘caught’ and settled the outstanding sum, we specifically asked them if that’s it; whether any further action would be taken, whether the police would get involve and so on and their answer at Sainsbury’s was no. It’s done.
Please kindly advise!
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