distress warrant

[karen971]

Somebody please help me! I had bailiffs from Marstons banging on my door at 8 o'clock this morning, shouting through the letter box that they had a distress warrant, that it was going to be enforced today with a locksmith and it was being filmed. I was scared to death and stayed in my bedroom until they left. I am a single mother of two and I have clinical depression and acute anxiety disorder as a result of being in a violent marriage for 23 years. only thing I can think that this warrant is for is for not having a tv licence. I remember getting a summons a while ago for it but i was in a deep depression at the time and ignored it. Wrong I know but I can't help it. I have since forgotten all about it until this morning. I am scared to death. They want £610 which I don't have! I am currently surviving on just tax credits and child benefit whilst I wait for a claim for income support because of my illness. I was getting incapacity benefit for 7 years until the government changed the benefit system. I have tried to take my own life on a number of occasions and have to go into hospital for treatment frequently. Is there anything I can do please???

[Sir Vere Brayne d'Emmidge]

Re: distress warrant

Not quite, as there is no legal requirement to have a current TV licence as long as one does not have a receiver installed in one's dwelling.

I've not had a licence for years!

Be careful, if you have the capability of watching live TV through an implement which is not a "proper" TV, such as a laptop, tablet or even notsosmart phone you should have a TV licence.

[bluebottle]

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But still they manage to stitch up innocents who may not have a TV in that doorstep interview "under caution" by eliciting they may have watched Eastbenders, albeit at a mates house as they don't have a TV themselves. the Capita goon will omit the fact the victim has no tv at the "unlicensed" address. beak believes goon, kerching for Crapita. naughty but it goes on.

TV License should be abolished.

If the Telly Goon does spin a fairy story to a court, then the Telly Goon should not be surprised if it comes back and bites them hard on the bum, as some have found to their cost, either serving community or custodial sentences for Fraud and/or Perverting the Course of Justice.

The best way to deal with Telly Goons is to pull a video camera or video-enabled mobile phone on them. See them run away. They hate cameras. Take a look on YouTube for examples.

[bizzybob]

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Capita runs TV Licensing on behalf of the BBC. Taking account of their incompetence in administering Council Tax, Criminal Records Bureau, London Congestion Charging, Civil Service Pensions, etc., is it any wonder there has been an increase in prosecutions for alleged tv licence evasion? People have a right not to be wrongfully accused of committing an offence at law or be pursued or harassed for a fine that has been imposed as the result of an unaccountable private-sector company laying wrongful or false allegations against them before a court. It has to stop. Stripping Capita of its contract would be a start. Forcing them to pay compensation to those whom they have maligned or to whom they have caused loss should be a matter of course.

But still they manage to stitch up innocents who may not have a TV in that doorstep interview "under caution" by eliciting they may have watched Eastbenders, albeit at a mates house as they don't have a TV themselves. the Capita goon will omit the fact the victim has no tv at the "unlicensed" address. beak believes goon, kerching for Crapita. naughty but it goes on.

TV License should be abolished.

[bluebottle]

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I stand corrected I should have said a TV licence if you should have one
Read today how many people get taken to court for no licence

Capita runs TV Licensing on behalf of the BBC. Taking account of their incompetence in administering Council Tax, Criminal Records Bureau, London Congestion Charging, Civil Service Pensions, etc., is it any wonder there has been an increase in prosecutions for alleged tv licence evasion? People have a right not to be wrongfully accused of committing an offence at law or be pursued or harassed for a fine that has been imposed as the result of an unaccountable private-sector company laying wrongful or false allegations against them before a court. It has to stop. Stripping Capita of its contract would be a start. Forcing them to pay compensation to those whom they have maligned or to whom they have caused loss should be a matter of course.

[wales01man]

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I stand corrected I should have said a TV licence if you should have one
Read today how many people get taken to court for no licence

[bluebottle]

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Which is why the BBC were trying to have the licence fee extended to anyone with a broadband connection

That only applies where peeps view television programmes that are being broadcast simultaneously on DVB-T and live streaming on the Internet (SIMULCAST) or the computer is fitted with a television tuner.

DVB-T = Digital Video Broadcasting - Terrestrial

[bizzybob]

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I thought anyone with a sense of humour like yours had to be licensed annually!

I read an article in a computer magazine last week where they were saying a lot of people avoid the licence fee by just watching 'Catch Up' TV via iPlayer and such like. If you don't mind waiting an hour or two to see your programme, many programmes are available this way now, legally without any licence.

Which is why the BBC were trying to have the licence fee extended to anyone with a broadband connection

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I've not had a licence for years!

I thought anyone with a sense of humour like yours had to be licensed annually!

I read an article in a computer magazine last week where they were saying a lot of people avoid the licence fee by just watching 'Catch Up' TV via iPlayer and such like. If you don't mind waiting an hour or two to see your programme, many programmes are available this way now, legally without any licence.

Re: distress warrant

Not having a TV licence can as we see get you into court and fined so be it its a law we must live within the laws whether we like them or not.

Not quite, as there is no legal requirement to have a current TV licence as long as one does not have a receiver installed in one's dwelling.

I've not had a licence for years!

Re: distress warrant

A lot of our European neighbours fund their state broadcasters through Income Tax.

Whilst others fund their Public Broadcasting Service by a modest addition to peoples' electricity bills.

[MIKE770]

Re: distress warrant

:scared::scared::scared::scared::scared:

when is the next boat leaving|????????????????

Re: distress warrant

And that's what I'll implement as soon as I'm Prime Minister

:scared::scared::scared::scared::scared:

[wales01man]

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We seem to be on the same wavelength INCA commonsense needs to enter the equation trouble is its all about money and power

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See,,we've got our own little Govt. forming.
Capping fines is a good idea wales..but I still think anything like that should be held 'in obeyance' until peoples circumstances change. Even a cheaper licence for folks like OP would be better than this system.
Over 75's get a free licence..is that purely because they're over 75? I know some 75yr olds that are well able to afford a licence and are fit as fleas,,some still work!

( and yes,,,I expect a :fish: for that comment)