Liquifated

My stepson gave his car to a dealership to sell on his behalf, they have sold it and now have gone into receivership and so he’s not got any cash or car. Is there anything he can do to recoup his money?

Nicked and tucked

I don’t know if you can advise me here or just warn others about this. On 14th August this year I hired a car in Glasgow airport for a one-way trip to Reading. I was quoted £84, which included the one-way...

Sold trader

A friend of mine bought an 05 Jeep Grand Cherokee 3½ years ago from a private individual. He paid for a full HPI check, arranged his own bank loan, paid cash and got a signed receipt. A few weeks ago he...

Warsaw fact

I have some work in Poland next summer. My wife and I are considering driving there so that we might spend a week or two touring after the work is finished. However, I read in the Dorling Kindersley Eyewitness...

Dread Wreckening

My car was stolen. Before the insurance paid me, the police found it, did forensic tests and then notified me it is ready for collection. By phone the police told me there was no visible damage. However...

One cloner car

Both number plates have been stolen from my car. I have reported the crime to the police. I am concerned that these plates may be attached to another car that is involved in a crime, incurs parking charges,...

Counsel taxed

My car was stolen from outside my house. The community police visited and asked me twice if I wanted victim support (no thank you). I spoke to the police several times on the phone, but they were not...

Robbing Hood

I have just been refused petrol at my local fuel station. The reason, you might ask? It was a cold day and I had the hood up on my hooded sweatshirt. (I'm too old to call it a hoodie). To set the scene,...

All steal bodies

True story: A lady living in rural North Yorkshire had her car stolen from its overnight kerbside parking place, shortly after New Year. A few days later, she was contacted by her local garage that she...

Repohensible

What happened to the elderly gentleman in ‘Grim repo’ was deplorable. But the Theft Act 1968 requires the CPO to prove someone "dishonestly appropriated property belonging to another with the intention...