stolen car

aryana

hi. can you help me please?
my boyfriend bought a car a mounth ago from a guy. we met him, saw the car, then we went to the postoffice to send the car papers in order to buy it. after about 2 weeks the police stoped my boyfrend and told him that he car was stolen. he went to the police office and explained them everething, the police find that guy. on 14th my boyfriend has to go to the court. we are afraid that he may be arrasted for driving a stolen car. we even received the car's documents with my boyfriends name. is this so bad? can they arrest my boyfriend?

ACG

Just explain what happened, show any paperwork to evidence you paid for it (bank statements) - this should be fine. They cant even lock up people that commit assaults/thefts etc so im sure he will be fine.

aryana

we payd 270 pounds. we dont care about the money anymore. we just dont want any toubles...

DoctorFoster

ACG wrote: »

Just explain what happened, show any paperwork to evidence you paid for it (bank statements) - this should be fine. They cant even lock up people that commit assaults/thefts etc so im sure he will be fine.

I think he has already been locked up and is due in court.

£270 sounds cheap for a car. What is if as we maybe looking at handling, what has he been charged with?

Weird_Nev

Your boyfriend will lose the car and any money.

Contact the officer investigating this - they would have taken a statement from your boyfriend if he is now required to go to court. If he has not been arrested/interviewed then he is being dealt with as a witness, not a suspect. Contacting the officer will resolve exactly what needs to go to court for.

Your boyfriend is a victim in this crime. So long as he acted in good faith, had insurance and MOT and other documents in place to drive the car, he has nothing to worry about. The prosecution need him to prove the theft and dishonesty on the part of the person who sold it.

marlot

If the price was suspiciously low, then your boyfriend could be accused of knowing it must have been stolen.

aryana

he had been charged by the police officer with driving a stolen car on public road and without insurance. the car have beed declared stolen a week and a half before the police stopped my boyfriend. when we bought the car we had all the car documents.
we payed so little because is not a great car. we had to pay the road tax 136.

DoctorFoster

aryana wrote: »

he had been charged by the police officer with driving a stolen car on public road and without insurance. the car have beed declared stolen a week and a half before the police stopped my boyfriend. when we bought the car we had all the car documents.
we payed so little because is not a great car. we had to pay the road tax 136.

There's not an offence of driving a stolen car as such. Read his charge sheet and let us know if it's taking without owners consent to theft.

The stolen part needs to be addressed before the now insurance. I assume he did take out insurance?

aryana

when we bought the car we bought the car isurance the next day.
what is also strange is that the car had beed declared stolen 2 weeks after we bought it. that owner needed a long time to think and react...

AdrianC

aryana wrote: »

what is also strange is that the car had beed declared stolen 2 weeks after we bought it. that owner needed a long time to think and react...

He returned from holiday?

DoctorFoster

AdrianC wrote: »

He returned from holiday?

Most likely or put somewhere for repair.