Small Claims Court - Handling Stolen Goods

Looksguywalker

arcon5 wrote: »

Why not go for a free consultation with a solicitor

Why not go for your thief of a step son?

vaio

Looksguywalker wrote: »

Why not go for your thief of a step son?

The OP has already stated that they (or rather the police) are "going for" the thief, but the likelihood of getting any financial redress from that quarter is low/zero hence the original post seeking advice as to whether there is any redress available from the jeweller who bought the stolen goods.

vaio

OP....

In your position I'd be asking the police if they had a time line of when the watch was bought by the jeweller and when it was scrapped as, to me, it seems suspiciously (unfeasibly?) unlucky that it was bought and scrapped in the 24hr before you visited the shop with the description and notification of it's theft.

I'm assuming here that scrapping is done at a remote smelting works rather than out the back of the shop.

Do you have (or can you get) an indication of what it would have been worth as scrap?

Looksguywalker

vaio wrote: »

The OP has already stated that they (or rather the police) are "going for" the thief, but the likelihood of getting any financial redress from that quarter is low/zero hence the original post seeking advice as to whether there is any redress available from the jeweller who bought the stolen goods.

The OP's step son is a thief...let him pay it back over how many years it takes. It may not be convenient for the OP to accept and pursue that angle, but hey there you go!

Looksguywalker

vaio wrote: »

OP....

In your position I'd be asking the police if they had a time line of when the watch was bought by the jeweller and when it was scrapped as, to me, it seems suspiciously (unfeasibly?) unlucky that it was bought and scrapped in the 24hr before you visited the shop with the description and notification of it's theft.

I'm assuming here that scrapping is done at a remote smelting works rather than out the back of the shop.

Do you have (or can you get) an indication of what it would have been worth as scrap?

I'd be asking the police to find the thief and ensure that they were prosecuted. I wouldn't be looking around for another party to claim from.

vaio

Yep, I agree and as the OP has mentioned, the police are searching for the thief.

But that wouldn't stop me trying to recover the stolen watch/value from the jeweller who bought it and I'd be trying even harder if I suspected the jeweller knew/suspected it was stolen when they bought/scrapped it, which might well be the case given the time line.