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Hello im looking for some advice,
i had a fine of £270 from the dvla lastyear however couldnt afford to keep up repayments so it was passed to collectica, after their first letter i loaned the £270 and paid the court direct, this was the week before christmas, as i hadnt heard anything from the court or collectica, thought this matter was delt with. How wrong was i, today someone from the next street knocked on the door and said that someones wanted to speak to me, they had been knocking on her door accusing me of living in her property, at this point a man (who had been hiding behind my wall) stepped out and brandished his name badge, stating that although i had paid the fine in full i still owed £310 in fees, which i had to pay now or he would be phoning the police and a locksmith and removing £2000 of my goods, even though he or anyone else had ever been to my property before to establish what goods i had to sell, at this point i told him that i needed to make some phone calls and went to close my door, the bailiff then jammed his foot in the door using his body to push the door open, it all happend so quick i couldnt do anything to stop him, i screamed at him to get out of my house at this point my little girl was screamming please dont hurt my mummy and please dont take my mummy away, my dog was barking to which the bailiff said stop that dog or ill boot it in the head, at this point he was shouting at me telling me that hes in now and either i pay in full or he will remove goods this lasted around 10 mins, i told him that i was a single parent and didnt have £310 spare, so he started threating me with the police, and went to go into my living room, as my little girl was so distressed i decided that it was best to calm her down, i didnt feel like i had any choice and paid, lucky it is a bank holiday and my benefits were paid into my bank early or i wouldnt have had anything to give him. This whole incident although only lasted 30 mins has devestaed me, i have never felt so intimidated and frightend. Is this appropriate for a bailiff to behave in ths way and did he act within the limits of the law. Any advice would be fantastic.
i had a fine of £270 from the dvla lastyear however couldnt afford to keep up repayments so it was passed to collectica, after their first letter i loaned the £270 and paid the court direct, this was the week before christmas, as i hadnt heard anything from the court or collectica, thought this matter was delt with. How wrong was i, today someone from the next street knocked on the door and said that someones wanted to speak to me, they had been knocking on her door accusing me of living in her property, at this point a man (who had been hiding behind my wall) stepped out and brandished his name badge, stating that although i had paid the fine in full i still owed £310 in fees, which i had to pay now or he would be phoning the police and a locksmith and removing £2000 of my goods, even though he or anyone else had ever been to my property before to establish what goods i had to sell, at this point i told him that i needed to make some phone calls and went to close my door, the bailiff then jammed his foot in the door using his body to push the door open, it all happend so quick i couldnt do anything to stop him, i screamed at him to get out of my house at this point my little girl was screamming please dont hurt my mummy and please dont take my mummy away, my dog was barking to which the bailiff said stop that dog or ill boot it in the head, at this point he was shouting at me telling me that hes in now and either i pay in full or he will remove goods this lasted around 10 mins, i told him that i was a single parent and didnt have £310 spare, so he started threating me with the police, and went to go into my living room, as my little girl was so distressed i decided that it was best to calm her down, i didnt feel like i had any choice and paid, lucky it is a bank holiday and my benefits were paid into my bank early or i wouldnt have had anything to give him. This whole incident although only lasted 30 mins has devestaed me, i have never felt so intimidated and frightend. Is this appropriate for a bailiff to behave in ths way and did he act within the limits of the law. Any advice would be fantastic.
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