Hello everyone, this is my first time posting so hope its in the right place and following forum protocol. I have outstanding debts of about £800 for outstanding council tax, this has been passed to Equita baillifs by my local authority. I have had several letters and a couple of visits from the lovely people at Equita (note the sarcasm there!) One letter was particularly unpleasant and hand delivered so I panicked and paid them £200 the next day, I didn't want this thug back at my house again so I rang their office. They said that it had been passed to an individual baillif and the office could no longer deal with it. I rang the National Debt helpline who were very helpful and advised me to basically just don't answer the door, if they turn up lock all doors and windows, park my car away from the house, lock garage and make it obvious that I have 2 large german shepherds loose in the house. They also advised that I write to the office with an offer of payment and also a request for a breakdown of charges. I did this in November 2006, I posted a cheque for £100 and made it clear that I would pay no more until I had a breakdown of charges as I felt they had overcharged. I sent this recorded and the cheque was cashed, but recieved no info from they re the charges. I fully intended to keep up with the payment plan but in December, one of my darling shepherd dogs became very ill and her vets bills became my priority and she was eventually pts in January (Sorry if anyone thinks my prioritys were wrong but I paid the vets not the baillifs) Since then have had several standard letters from them, until yesterday when I received a letter with the title COMMITAL TO PRISON in red acroos the top. I can't remember exactly what was said in the rest of the letter as I was reeling in shock and shredded it:oops: but basically they said as I have refused to pay they are recommending my being sent to prison. At the moment I am 7 months pregnant with 2 older children so obviously this is a huge worry for me and making me ill. I am currently remortgaging for home improvement reasons so will have enough to pay them off, but the remortgage has been dragging on for ages so God knows when that will be sorted, in the meantime I am panicking. Sorry for the long post, anyone know what I should do:-?