How can I prove this? Woman claims I knocked down her wall!

funkyd_2

Last night I performed a 3-point turn and a woman accuesed me of knocking down her entire garden wall.

I am 100% certain that I did not do this - firstly I didn't feel I hit anything and secondly there were no marks at all on my car. The wall was indeed knocked down but not by me - it even had dead plants on top of it where it looks like it had been lying in on the ground.

It may be the case that I hit some lower brick work and dislodged it but I certainly did not knock down the entire wall!

I've spoken with the insurers who are getting someone to check my car for damage.

How will this be sorted out? I think she is trying to pull a fast one and blame me for something someone else did. There were also no witnesses so isn't it her word against mine?

Any helpful advice?

bryanb

I can't see that you need to prove anything. Stick to the truth, there should be no problem.
She could just as easily say I did it.

funkyd_2

If the wall was already fallen down and she says I did hit something is there really a claim?

I can't see how, if I did hit anything, I can prove that it wasn't the entire wall or that she can prove it was the whole wall. I guess the absence of any damage to my car is a fair indicator?

mymatebob

funkyd wrote: »

If the wall was already fallen down and she says I did hit something is there really a claim?

I can't see how, if I did hit anything, I can prove that it wasn't the entire wall or that she can prove it was the whole wall. I guess the absence of any damage to my car is a fair indicator?

You say you may have hit some bricks.
If there is evidence of that then it could be concluded that the wall was knocked down by you, however someone may be able to tell how long the wall had been down. Possibly by looking at it and talking to neighbours?

Make sure you stick to one story as you have contradicted yourself

I am 100% certain that I did not do this - firstly I didn't feel I hit anything and secondly there were no marks at all on my car

It may be the case that I hit some lower brick work and dislodged it but I certainly did not knock down the entire wall!

So what you are saying is that you are 100% certain that you didn't hit the wall - but you might have

Airwolf1

If it appears the wall has been "partly" knocked down for some time, eg, dirt, grass, weesd growing amongst the rubble, take photos as evidence. And as said, make sure you know what you did - you sound a tad uncertain as the above poster says.

jeppy

Where is the wall in relation to the road. If there is a pavement between the road and the wall surely you would have known if you had mounted the kerb.

How did she make contact, was she waiting for you (or another unlucky person!)