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car windscreen chip, who is liable

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  • Silver-Surfer_2
    Silver-Surfer_2 Posts: 1,850 Forumite
    Unless the child in question was deliberately aiming the stones at the cars then it could be an accident in the same way that a child kicking a football at a wall accidently hit a house window or a passing car.


    You keep telling yourself that.
  • pappa_golf
    pappa_golf Posts: 8,895 Forumite
    1,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    bury the child in the "front yard"


    front yard , funny metric speeling and what is a neighbour?




    OP , are you in the UK?
    Save a Rachael

    buy a share in crapita
  • odemwingie5
    odemwingie5 Posts: 33 Forumite
    he was just playing round the front while i jet washed the driveway, i didn't see him throwing stones, i was told by the person he was throwing stones
  • odemwingie5
    odemwingie5 Posts: 33 Forumite
    i have now been approached by another person saying that his car has been damaged and there is too many tiny dinks to repair and the new windscreen is going to cost £400 to replace
  • odemwingie5
    odemwingie5 Posts: 33 Forumite
    subsequently i have been threatened with court action after saying that i will not be paying out £400 on your word that it was my son and no evidence
  • odemwingie5
    odemwingie5 Posts: 33 Forumite
    AdrianC wrote: »
    Are you believing the word of a four-year old, or did you sit there watching him throwing stones at people's cars?
    i was approached by someone who said he was throwing stones, the car is 10 feet away from the garden he was in and the offending stones are the small ones used to decorate a small patch in next doors garden, i put 2 and 2 together
  • odemwingie5
    odemwingie5 Posts: 33 Forumite
    You keep telling yourself that.
    good luck working whether a 4 year old deliberated about aiming for a car
  • Silver-Surfer_2
    Silver-Surfer_2 Posts: 1,850 Forumite
    subsequently i have been threatened with court action after saying that i will not be paying out £400 on your word that it was my son and no evidence

    An eye witness is evidence, I've already told you the little [STRIKE]!!!![/STRIKE] darling is below the age of criminal responsibility. This won't go to court.
  • Silver-Surfer_2
    Silver-Surfer_2 Posts: 1,850 Forumite
    good luck working whether a 4 year old deliberated about aiming for a car

    It's a reckless act so if he were old enough would be good enough to rule out accidental damage and clearly fit criminal damage.
  • AdrianC
    AdrianC Posts: 42,189 Forumite
    Eighth Anniversary 10,000 Posts Name Dropper
    It's a reckless act so if he were old enough would be good enough to rule out accidental damage and clearly fit criminal damage.
    He's below the age of criminal responsibility.

    Clearly, the OP thinks that extends to parental responsibility.
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