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Three of my son's footballs went over our garden fence into an agricultural field over a period of 3 weeks.
The people who rent the field took the balls, threatened my son and swore at him on two occasions.
I wrote to them and asked them in person for his property back. They refused.
We made a complaint with the police and the police contacted them to ask them to return the balls, they agreed, but they didn't.
The police had to attend in person and this time instructed them to return the balls, they refused. But they agreed with the police that they could leave the balls outside the fence of their field for collection.
When I asked the police where they would be left and the time and date, they told me they hadn't agreed to any 'terms'
I told them the field is big and if they leave them out then anyone could take them. Silence from the police.
Needless to say my son didn't receive his property back and my complaint to the police was dismissed;
In relation to the stolen footballs, they were left out as instructed by PC XXXXX for the victim to collect. The suspects state that this was done and that when they returned the next day the footballs had gone, and they assumed the victim had collected them. The victim has stated that the footballs have not been returned but there are no further lines of enquiry regarding this as it is not possible to prove or disprove that they were left out as instructed by PC XXXXX.”
My position is that as these people had taken these footballs, they should have been asked to simply throw them back into my garden or at the very least, I should have been given a time, date and place where they would have been left - making sure our property was returned to us.
In the following days after I was told they would be left out, I walked the circumference of the field and each time, texted the police officer to say nothing had been left out.
So the police have actually provided the thieves with a way of permanently depriving my son of his property.
We have lost out property, we are out of pocket and my son now refuses to play football in the garden and the balls were actually a present from my father, who has terminal brain cancer.
So this is not just about the value of the balls.
I want to send a letter before claim to the police but I'm unsure how to word, in legalise, the reason for my claim? Aiding and abetting thieves to permanently deprive my son of his property / failure of duty ?
I'd appreciate some help or assistance
The people who rent the field took the balls, threatened my son and swore at him on two occasions.
I wrote to them and asked them in person for his property back. They refused.
We made a complaint with the police and the police contacted them to ask them to return the balls, they agreed, but they didn't.
The police had to attend in person and this time instructed them to return the balls, they refused. But they agreed with the police that they could leave the balls outside the fence of their field for collection.
When I asked the police where they would be left and the time and date, they told me they hadn't agreed to any 'terms'
I told them the field is big and if they leave them out then anyone could take them. Silence from the police.
Needless to say my son didn't receive his property back and my complaint to the police was dismissed;
In relation to the stolen footballs, they were left out as instructed by PC XXXXX for the victim to collect. The suspects state that this was done and that when they returned the next day the footballs had gone, and they assumed the victim had collected them. The victim has stated that the footballs have not been returned but there are no further lines of enquiry regarding this as it is not possible to prove or disprove that they were left out as instructed by PC XXXXX.”
My position is that as these people had taken these footballs, they should have been asked to simply throw them back into my garden or at the very least, I should have been given a time, date and place where they would have been left - making sure our property was returned to us.
In the following days after I was told they would be left out, I walked the circumference of the field and each time, texted the police officer to say nothing had been left out.
So the police have actually provided the thieves with a way of permanently depriving my son of his property.
We have lost out property, we are out of pocket and my son now refuses to play football in the garden and the balls were actually a present from my father, who has terminal brain cancer.
So this is not just about the value of the balls.
I want to send a letter before claim to the police but I'm unsure how to word, in legalise, the reason for my claim? Aiding and abetting thieves to permanently deprive my son of his property / failure of duty ?
I'd appreciate some help or assistance
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