Letter from a far away town council telling me that my car involved with littering!

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On Friday I got a letter from a far away town council telling me that my car had been involved in a litter offence, and that in order to avoid prosecution I must pay a fine. I was hundreds of miles away at the time, in the presence of independent witnesses, and I am of the belief that my car was in a multistory not far away from me.

I rang the phone number provided and a very nice lady advised that I write to the Authority and visit the local guards as a back-up, which I am in the process of doing.

Any other ideas?
 
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pansyflower said:
...I was hundreds of miles away at the time, in the presence of independent witnesses, and I am of the belief that my car was in a multistory not far away from me...
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What does this mean? Either you know where your car was at the time of the alleged offence and have some supporting evidence, or you don't and haven't. Which is it?
 
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I parked my car and when I returned some hours later it was where I had left it. I have no supporting evidence that it was unmoved but given the timescale involved there wouldn't have been time for someone to break in, drive the distance, throw womething out the window and then return to the carpark. The keys were in my possession. So, as I said, I am of the belief that my car was not involved.
 
Re: Letter from a far away town council telling me that my car involved with litterin

Hi pansy, why so convoluted? Your car was parked up miles away. aj
 
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mathepac said:
What does this mean? Either you know where your car was at the time of the alleged offence and have some supporting evidence, or you don't and haven't. Which is it?
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Dear God!!

So speaks Judge Mathpac. Explain yourself Pansy.;)

Look Pansy if you didn't do it,then so be it, you didn't do it.

Thank God it is still the case, you are innocent until proven guilty,ask the local authority for their evidence, if it is not forthcoming then seek a "Gary Doyle" order via the District court, to get their "evidence"

A lot of hassle, I know, but if you are accused, then what else can you do?
 
Re: Letter from a far away town council telling me that my car involved with litterin

You need to pay the fine , which is probably € 125 , otherwise you will be prosecuted .

You were 100's of miles away when you received the letter which is fine .

Check the date of the letter from your local authority and you will probably find that your car was involved in a litter offence on that day.

It is likely that your registration plate was recorded on CCTV .
 
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allthedoyles said:
You were 100's of miles away when you received the letter which is fine .
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I understood that he was hundreds of miles away at the time of the alledged offence.
 
Re: Letter from a far away town council telling me that my car involved with litterin

You were 100's of miles away when you received the letter which is fine .
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;)

Gosh, I must learn to be more precise - or should that be convoluted?

I was hundreds of miles away when the offence was committed, as well as being far away when I received the letter.
 
Re: Letter from a far away town council telling me that my car involved with litterin

pansyflower said:
On Friday I got a letter from a far away town council telling me that my car had been involved in a litter offence,

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Any other ideas?
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Just scrunch up the letter and throw it out the window.
 
Re: Letter from a far away town council telling me that my car involved with litterin

Brendan said:
Just scrunch up the letter and throw it out the window.
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I agree, at least then you would feel justified, when you pay your fine.:)
 
Re: Letter from a far away town council telling me that my car involved with litterin

If you parked in a multi story car park do you have the ticket, I know the ticket won't have your reg on it but tell the council to ring the car park and CCTV will show your entrance and exit times, let the council do the donkey work and check it out
 
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Sansan said:
If you parked in a multi story car park do you have the ticket, I know the ticket won't have your reg on it but tell the council to ring the car park and CCTV will show your entrance and exit times, let the council do the donkey work and check it out
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What multi-story gives you the ticket back once you've entered it in the machine to exit?
 
Re: Letter from a far away town council telling me that my car involved with litterin

ask them for photographic evidence ?
 
Re: Letter from a far away town council telling me that my car involved with litterin

I wouldn't scrunch up the letter pansyflower but I wouldn't pay the fine either. I got a similar letter from a distant City Council but it was for a parking offence.

I wrote them an email explaining that I lived hundreds of miles aways, was at work at the time (approx. 11:00AM on a Tuesday morning) and could provide a letter from my employer substantiating that claim if necessary. Surprisingly, they thanked me for my letter and eventually responded to me by saying the matter was dropped.

http://www.askaboutmoney.com/showthread.php?t=124079

Just give them a call and explain to them and I'm sure they will be reasonable about it.

Good Luck.

pansyflower said:
On Friday I got a letter from a far away town council telling me that my car had been involved in a litter offence, and that in order to avoid prosecution I must pay a fine. I was hundreds of miles away at the time, in the presence of independent witnesses, and I am of the belief that my car was in a multistory not far away from me.

I rang the phone number provided and a very nice lady advised that I write to the Authority and visit the local guards as a back-up, which I am in the process of doing.

Any other ideas?
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Re: Letter from a far away town council telling me that my car involved with litterin

pansyflower said:
I rang the phone number provided and a very nice lady advised that I write to the Authority and visit the local guards as a back-up, which I am in the process of doing.
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galwegian44 said:
Just give them a call and explain to them and I'm sure they will be reasonable about it.
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Always best to put things in writing.
 
Update. Result....I got a letter from Outpatients backing up my alibi and forwarded it to Youghal Town Council.
I received written confirmation [yesterday] that the fine had been cancelled which included an apology for the delay in replying.
Yowzah!!
 
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