Hippo
Lord Hippo
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I eggscept yer critique and wish to discuss this further.What a load of crap you have just uttered...the vehicle was stolen in England why would Scottish Police Service be involved?
I ask two questions:
1. Why shouldn't his local police force get involved and help him? He lives int Scotland.
The fact they're funded differently doesn't take away the minor detail you haven't spotted... The theft happened at his house in Scotland. That's right, it was taken by deception in Scotland from his house. They collected the vehicle from him with we believe the intention of not giving it back. You need to be very clear on this point as part of the rules around theft int court are dependent on whether their intention was to give it back or not.
It is not known where the vehicle went after collection from his house int Scotland. Police Scotland have access to the ANPR system up there and should int theory be able to trace the merc and possibly the Disco that day. That's if the plates were clear, visible and not changed. It's not unusual for vehicles int transit on recovery vehicles to have their plates snapped by ANPR.
The merc has been traced back to Wolverhampton and there's concern over catching them out on tax/mot but that's pointless as it doesn't need it for it's current location.
2. Has it been stolen? If so then provide proof to back this up.
These people are clever. They have done this many times. They have also been arrested in the past as per news reports. But they get away with it. How?
Engine replacement and collection/delivery. Price paid £8k. To hire a recovery truck to do said collection would cost £1400 at the cheapest end of the market. They have to do that trip twice from the same money. That makes the engine work roughly one quarter of the price of the main lr dealer who was said to want £20k.