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House mate speeding notice

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  • Keep_pedalling
    Keep_pedalling Posts: 22,428 Forumite
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    Barny1979 wrote: »
    The OP said his Housemate had received the letter, not a stranger.

    I had rather assumed from the opening post that the housemate had originally opened it, but that appears not to be the case.
  • neilmcl
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    sevenhills wrote: »
    He could be leaving the UK in a matter of weeks, or he may get his visa extended, I dont think he will be bothered about the points, the owner of the BMW will no doubt pay the fine, based on his low wage, if he stays.



    Didn't a couple of politicians get 2 years in the clink for perverting the course of justice? This is a serious matter.


    My housemate has not seen the letter yet.
    What has any of this got to do with you? Give the letter to the person that it's addressed to and leave them to deal with it. Can we assume you know who the owner of the BMW is?
  • sevenhills
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    Barny1979 wrote: »
    The OP said his Housemate had received the letter, not a stranger.


    The letter uses his middle name as a last name, so legally it is not addressed to him. In my opinion, there is some criminal deception happening here.
  • sevenhills
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    neilmcl wrote: »
    Can we assume you know who the owner of the BMW is?


    Not a clue, its not my housemates car. If my address is meant to be the cars registeed address, it has no connection to this address.
  • Scrapit
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    So firstly report the OP for opening mail that ain't theirs. Then pass it to the housemate to deal with.
  • SHAFT
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    sevenhills wrote: »
    The letter uses his middle name as a last name, so legally it is not addressed to him. In my opinion, there is some criminal deception happening here.

    Or he was driving.
  • TooManyPoints
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    edited 7 September 2019 at 1:13PM
    Are you not advising the house mate to reply to the 172 request?
    I'm not advising him to do anything except establish why the people who sent him the s172 request did so. But later posts suggest there is more to this than is apparent from the original (brief) story.
    Technically he could still get six points.

    Yes I'm fully aware of that. But thanks for letting me know.
    He could be leaving the UK in a matter of weeks, or he may get his visa extended, I dont think he will be bothered about the points, the owner of the BMW will no doubt pay the fine, based on his low wage, if he stays.

    Has the owner of the BMW (presumably the car that was caught speeding) nominated your flatmate in the hope that since he is either leaving the UK soon, or does not have a UK licence, or both, he may avoid prosecution for speeding himself? How about you tell us the full story instead of bits and pieces.
  • Ant555
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    Ive read this thread and still don't know if the housemate even knows about the letter.

    Its not clear if you or your housemate know the owner of the BMW420
  • neilmcl
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    Ant555 wrote: »
    Ive read this thread and still don't know if the housemate even knows about the letter.

    Its not clear if you or your housemate know the owner of the BMW420
    Evidently not.
    sevenhills wrote: »
    My housemate has not seen the letter yet.
  • Car_54
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    Keep_pedalling wrote: »
    Not true, the Postal Services Act 2000, says that it is illegal to open mail that is not addressed to you, unless you can show reasonable excuse.

    Any reasonable person would agree that opening mail to find out why a stranger is using your address is a reasonable excuse for opening it.
    Any reasonable person would say that since the OP knew the letter was for his housemate ("My housemate has received a letter") he had no such excuse.
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