FPN Not Guilty, Getting my Money Back

theonenonly

So a while ago my car was seized and taken to an impound for apparently not having insurance. Was issued with a FPN on the spot, with the choice of paying the fine and taking the points or going to court. I went to court to prove that I did have insurance and the magistrates dropped all charges because they had no evidence.

At the time my car was impounded the cop told me if I was found innocent I can claim the impound fees back plus any incurred costs due to the seizure (I had to take a cab to finish my journey). I did end up getting my car out the day after the seizure.

I just got a letter from the courts after finally being able to get hold of someone and chasing it up, the letter says the cots incurred are not covered by the costs regulation, under S.16 of Prosecution of Offence Act 1985.

Where do I stand? Surely the police can't just impound cars, and lie to people about getting their money back, and then they can't!

Umkomaas

I think the better forum for airing this would be PePiPoo as they have experts dealing with type of situation. Here's the link.

http://forums.pepipoo.com/index.php?act=SF&s=&f=5

spacey2012

You have to sue the police.
Who will put it with all the other CCJ'S they get doing the same trick.

theonenonly

Umkomaas wrote: »

I think the better forum for airing this would be PePiPoo as they have experts dealing with type of situation. Here's the link.

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Thanks, I've not heard of that forum and this was the only place that came to my mind straight away (long time poster, however I had 2 accounts from years back and can't remember my login for the one I always used to use Lol)

spacey2012 wrote: »

You have to sue the police.
Who will put it with all the other CCJ'S they get doing the same trick.

That's ridiculous. Surely they can't go around willy nilly handing out FPN's and towing cars away expecting everyone to pay the impound fee in full when totally innocent.

I don't have the money, the time nor the resources to sue the police

maninthestreet

So why did the police think you had no insurance?

spacey2012

theonenonly wrote: »

I don't have the money, the time nor the resources to sue the police

That my friend is exactly why they do it !

The_Slithy_Tove

maninthestreet wrote: »

So why did the police think you had no insurance?

It may surprise you to learn that the MIB database that the police refer to is not infallible. Insurance companies make mistakes, which leads to erroneous information, making the police think a car is uninsured, when in fact it is.

There's a thread on Pepipoo which may help - here. If it's the insurance company who messed up, then it's they who should pay the OP the costs incurred.

esmerobbo

Actually I had a van incorrectly seized a while back one letter to the chief constable and a letter saying they would repay me and a few days later a cheque was received.

Ask you may be surprised.

Mind you is was a rather large cockup on their side. (not insurance)

theonenonly

It's quite a confusing matter. In a nutshell, the car should've changed over to the company name as the insurance was for fleet cars (my own business) however the changeover of the owner had not happened at the DVLA

peter_the_piper

so, really the police did nothing wrong as I see it. They saw a car that the DVLA had not showed up as being yours so not on the database. Difficult to sort, go to pepipoo.com as above.