Dear All, I would just like to say one huge THANKYOU to you all for ALL the help & advice you have given me throughout my nightmare experience with Marston. I have not heard anything from the Agent or the office since the 17th July & I am assuming the Agent has referred it back to the court. One last request before I bid you all a fond farewell, any ideas how I find out if its been sent back to the courts, as I do not want to rely on waiting for a letter seeing as I didnt receive any post that there was a problem in the first place.

On your advice I e-mailed Marston & they have replied saying if my account is with an Agent it will be forwarded to him & wont get a reply from the Customer Care Department. The Agent has been back this morning but I wasn't in my kids spoke to him, he wants me to ring him. My sister rang him back & left a message on his voicemail explaining everything, is awaiting a call back. If he has a right to enter my home with it being an unpaid fine what do I do if he knocks on again? I am worried & to scared to go out in case he gets a locksmith to get in, he has allready said that he would do this if I don't pay.

I have allready spoke to the courts in person & they said they cannot ask for it back he has to refer it back. I live in the North West, Manchester to be precise.

On July 14th I received a hand delivered letter from Marston titled Siezure of Goods, for non payment of fine. I rang the courts to find out what fine. Back in December 08 my 13year old son was in Youth Court for shoplifting, he received 16 hours Reparation & £60.00 Fine as I'm the parent it was me to pay, the duty solicitor asked for it to be deducted from my Benefits & the magistrate agreed. It turns out that although the courts applied to DWP they never received any money. The courts say they sent me 2 letters but I didnt receive them in fact the first I knew of the situation was on receipt of the siezure of goods letter. I rang the Agent to explain & that I couldnt afford to pay the £285.00 he wanted. He asked if I had family or friends I could borrow the money I said no. I told him that I knew, after helping a friend in the same boat that he could refer the fine back to the courts, plz could he do this. No he said his boss had told him it was payment in full or remove goods. He then said that he wouldnt do anything with the paperwork & get in touch in a couple of days to see if I'd managed to borrow the money. Wednesday 16th July The Agent called today at the house, I didn't let him in & told him I still didnt have the money & that I dont even get anywhere near that amount to live off what did he want me to do not feed my kids for a 4weeks, he was the most un-sympathetic man Ive ever met. Unfortunatly it was at this point I started to lose control sobbing. My 21year old came down to see what was going on & he spoke to the Agent. He told my son he would be back today, (17th), for the cash or the goods & if I didnt let him in he'd have a locksmith with him who could open the door regardless. I am a single parent with 3 children, (21yrs, twins 14yrs), I receive JSA & Child Tax Credits & this whole situation was not helping my depression. Off the record I had been told that if you can't pay the Agent will send it back, but he is adamant his "boss" said no way its payment in full or take goods. Please can anyone tell me if I've got my facts right RE: Referring the fine back to court?