Person hit mum's car then denied all knowledge of it

pinkteapot

Police went round last night and took a statement. They are charging the guy with failing to stop and exchange details at the scene of an accident!

And they gave mum the guy's insurance details so that's £4 saved querying the MID.

Tomby1

Good on you for following through - best of luck.

pinkteapot

Gets better....

The guy who owns the car claims he wasn't driving that day and that he had lent the car to a friend who was visiting from Sri Lanka. The police think he's the most blatant liar they've ever met. They are now serving papers on the Sri Lanka address and charging the guy with allowing someone to drive his car without insurance.

Meanwhile, mum's car has been fixed this week. She has fully comp insurance so claimed on hers, gave them all the details and they are seeking recovery from the other guy's insurer. Fortunately she had a protected no claims bonus.

She is now wishing she'd taken a photo of the driver as well as his car!

Mr_Thrifty

for all that hassle and the extra cost of premiums in future years, wouldn't it have been better just to live with a dent in the car?

LincolnshireYokel

The lesson here is to always have one of the following in the car:

a) a disposable camera
b) a dashboard cam
c) a digital camera and new batteries.

I do, always, then you photograph both cars and the other driver. or video them. No arguing about the whos and whats then.

patman99

Good news. I bet the driver thought he would get away scot-free by saying he wasn't driving. Must have been quite a shock when they hit him with an even greater charge.

atrixblue.-MFR-.

whats even better here is that if the "driver" of a sri lanken origin is ficticious registered keeperwill be charged with perverting the course of justice, ontop of, failure to provide driver details, failing to stop in the event of an accident, and police could strech to willfull obstruction and waisting police time. a ban is looking on the cards.

Sgt_Pepper_2

atrixblue.-MFR-. wrote: »

whats even better here is that if the "driver" of a sri lanken origin is ficticious registered keeperwill be charged with perverting the course of justice, ontop of, failure to provide driver details, failing to stop in the event of an accident, and police could strech to willfull obstruction and waisting police time. a ban is looking on the cards.

Wasting police time and obstruction are much the same ting here. Both are lesser offences than pervert and would be run instead of that offence.

They would also not run no insurance and fail to name the driver he you think about it. If they do him for X having no insurance then he has named X as the driver.

Do think about these thing before yet in off on one.

atrixblue.-MFR-.

Sgt_Pepper wrote: »

Wasting police time and obstruction are much the same ting here. Both are lesser offences than pervert and would be run instead of that offence.

They would also not run no insurance and fail to name the driver he you think about it. If they do him for X having no insurance then he has named X as the driver.

Do think about these thing before yet in off on one.

willfull obstruction, is not the same as waisting police time.

the police would have checked that 1. the name given by "keeper" is the named driver on the policy or if the named person by the keeper has insurance to drive vehicles abroad with his own insurance wich can take time, wich is why they may not have slammed permitting on the keeper and IN10 on the sri lanken man.

IF the sri lankan man is out to be ficticiuos like what is said in my OP, then yes he would be done for failing to stop, yes he would be done for failing to provide the driver detail when requested and yes there is a possability he could be done for perverting course of justice and so on it depends on the officer, no doubt the police will throw what they can at him at the time then no doubt lesser charges will be dropped by CPS.



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maninthestreet

Attempting to Pervert the Course of Justice is a serious offence, and he would be looking at a custodial sentence if charged and found guilty (this has happened to people who haved lied about who was driving their car when caught by a speed camera).
People often criticise the police on these forums, but they seem to be doing their job here.