HELP!! Landlord, Police, Financial Investigations!

caz2460

What is more disturbing is the fact that I know my landlord was bailed yesterday, yet he has not contacted me to alleviate my worries, he must know that the police have been to see all of his tenants, and taken statements etc from them. Maybe its just me, but if I was him in this situation, that would be the first thing that I would be doing. I have tried to call him, but he is not picking up.

DVardysShadow

caz2460 wrote: »

What is more disturbing is the fact that I know my landlord was bailed yesterday, yet he has not contacted me to alleviate my worries, he must know that the police have been to see all of his tenants, and taken statements etc from them. Maybe its just me, but if I was him in this situation, that would be the first thing that I would be doing. I have tried to call him, but he is not picking up.

As police have taken a statement from you, you may be regarded as a police witness and his bail may prevent him from contacting you. See how the police may be helping you.

caz2460

Surely if I am a witness, I should be told as such, and should know exactly what I am a witness to

Volcano

caz2460 wrote: »

Surely if I am a witness, I should be told as such, and should know exactly what I am a witness to

You won't know whether you're a witness unless a prosecution is proceeded with; that's a decision that will be made once the police have assembled enough evidence (or not as the case may be).

DVardysShadow

caz2460 wrote: »

Surely if I am a witness, I should be told as such, and should know exactly what I am a witness to

You gave a statement and therefore know exactly what you are a witness to.

Now, whatever the police are up to, they do not have your interests at heart. They could well be taking 'statements' from all the tenants in order to put bail conditions on the Landlord not to speak to his tenants and rightly or wrongly hamper his attempts to defend himself.

Happychappy

DVardysShadow wrote: »

First they came for the communists....
Then they came for the socialists ....
Then they came for DVardysShadow ....
And finally they came for Mr Stinchcombe
and he only got away with it because the fools had a warrant for Mrs Tinchcombe.

Come on then..open up...what was your first dealings with the police to be so twisted ? was it

A set up,
I was framed,
it was an honest mistake,
They pinned it on me,
They were looking to boost their figures and crow about it,
They are on commission,
They get promoted by the number of arrests,
I was in the wrong place at the wrong time,
they are a machine of the state


:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:they walk amongst us, they really do.

Happychappy

caz2460 wrote: »

What is more disturbing is the fact that I know my landlord was bailed yesterday, yet he has not contacted me to alleviate my worries, he must know that the police have been to see all of his tenants, and taken statements etc from them. Maybe its just me, but if I was him in this situation, that would be the first thing that I would be doing. I have tried to call him, but he is not picking up.

Caz, there is nothing you can do at present, and to listen to the twisted and bitter brigade will not help. The reason the police have taken a statement is possibly your property was subject to an allegation of fraud in so far as how the landlord raised funding and therefore the property and not the tenant may be the subject of the allegation.

Therefore, if he doesn’t lawfully own the property, or acquired it by fraud or deception and was benefitting by you paying him rent for a property he doesn’t own, then you would need to be asked to make a statement as to how much you pay, who you pay it too, and what the alleged landlord looked like? it is either that or a possible ID parade.

I agree with your sentiments that if I was in the landlord situation and had done nothing wrong I or my solicitor would make contact with all the tenants to reassure them. It may well be that this will happen by letter, so sit tight and wait, but also avoid the great unwashed and their possible bitter experiences. Best of luck

caz2460

DVardysShadow wrote: »

You gave a statement and therefore know exactly what you are a witness to.

Now, whatever the police are up to, they do not have your interests at heart. They could well be taking 'statements' from all the tenants in order to put bail conditions on the Landlord not to speak to his tenants and rightly or wrongly hamper his attempts to defend himself.

The statement that I gave, just went into how I pay my rent, (transfer straight into his bank), how I found the property eg, how was it advertised, how many times have I contacted him. A description of him, how many times has he been to the property. Just silly things like that/ So how would I know what I am a witness to??

caz2460

Happychappy wrote: »

Caz, there is nothing you can do at present, and to listen to the twisted and bitter brigade will not help. The reason the police have taken a statement is possibly your property was subject to an allegation of fraud in so far as how the landlord raised funding and therefore the property and not the tenant may be the subject of the allegation.

Therefore, if he doesn’t lawfully own the property, or acquired it by fraud or deception and was benefitting by you paying him rent for a property he doesn’t own, then you would need to be asked to make a statement as to how much you pay, who you pay it too, and what the alleged landlord looked like? it is either that or a possible ID parade.

I agree with your sentiments that if I was in the landlord situation and had done nothing wrong I or my solicitor would make contact with all the tenants to reassure them. It may well be that this will happen by letter, so sit tight and wait, but also avoid the great unwashed and their possible bitter experiences. Best of luck

Thankyou!!!

DVardysShadow

Happychappy wrote: »

I agree with your sentiments that if I was in the landlord situation and had done nothing wrong I or my solicitor would make contact with all the tenants to reassure them. It may well be that this will happen by letter, so sit tight and wait, but also avoid the great unwashed and their possible bitter experiences. Best of luck

But, in that case, your bail conditions could well include a restriction on contacting tenants, however innocent you were. Taking statements puts the tenants into the position of being prosecution witnesses.