a little bit confused!

[stuggling]

Ok ill shall arrange a letter and email over asap!

 

Thank you so much for your help it my own stupid fault lesson learnt

[Mark my words]

... to be monitored as I pay by cash each week.

 

This means that they will check your payments, and if there are no further issues, the case will be withdrawn. Since you now need a licence, this is the easiest way to go. Perhaps ask them to put it in writing for you?

[Bedsit Bob]

and to confirm my name and address and plea.

 

They don't know your name and address

 

Are you quite sure this is an actual summons, and not an attempt by TVL to find out your details?

[Bedsit Bob]

At the top is visit ref: (this is blank)

my name

Date and time they called 14/11/2012 at 14.40

if I was watching tv: yes

Make of tv: Toshiba

How long owned tv: 11 months

Anything to declare: Yes if you ruin my career I will sue you as you can pay staff £4500.00 (lies)

Allowed into property no refused entry (no I was ready to go on school run)

National insurance number

Do you understand everything said: yes

Signed

There name and signature time of leaving 14.46

 

He discussed all this in public!

 

That's not a summons.

 

That's a TVL178 form, which is what he/she completed on your doorstep.

 

Have you received an actual summons?

[stuggling]

Yes I have the summons, it on April 10th at a magistrates out of my area.

 

date of summons - 27/02/2013

between 13/10/2012 and 14/11/2012 used s COLOUR television receiver without a license at the above address

contrary to section 363(2) and (4) of the communications act 2003

 

costs

If you are convicted of the offence, an application will be made for costs of no less than £90.00

 

I still have to send of my reply but tv ppl told me that they going to monitor my license and will ask court to so unsure whether need to send a plea of

[Bedsit Bob]

Were you actually evading?

 

By that, I mean were you actually watching/recording LIVE broadcasts, without a current licence?

[stuggling]

No my sky was turned off in Sept and my freebies didn't work till Jan 18 as the lead was broke, used a blue ray system to watch on demand

[Conniff]

I can't see a broken lead being an accepted get out. That's almost the same as saying the aerial was unplugged, not good enough.

[Bedsit Bob]

No my sky was turned off in Sept and my freebies didn't work till Jan 18 as the lead was broke, used a blue ray system to watch on demand

 

So, between the dates stated, you did not watch/record ANY live TV broadcasts, by any means, at your address?

[Bedsit Bob]

I can't see a broken lead being an accepted get out.

 

If he wasn't watching/recording live TV, then he doesn't need an "accepted get out", because he's actually innocent.

 

That's almost the same as saying the aerial was unplugged, not good enough.

 

That is more than good enough.

[stuggling]

I can not attend court to defend this im just gonna have to accept whatever happens, one of my children is in for an operation that week.

[renegadeimp]

You can ask the court to postpone proceedings as you have exceptional circumstances.

[stuggling]

How do I ask?

[Mark my words]

How do I ask?

 

If you plead Not Guilty by post (should be one of the forms you already have), then they will automatically set a new date for the hearing - this will be at least 2 weeks later, possibly much more.

 

Between this and the other thread, it seems you have 2 main options:-

 

1. Pay the arrears and carry on with the licence. They have told you that they will withdraw the case if you do this.

 

2. Plead Not Guilty and defend your case. If you are on a limited income, you might be able to get Legal Aid and a Solicitor to help you. If you plead Not Guilty, and are subsequently convicted, the fine may be higher than it would otherwise have been. However, TVL have also been known to withdraw cases where the defendant challenges their flimsy evidence.

[Mark my words]

If the tv license people ask the court for a monitoring what would that mean and do I still get a record

 

Monitoring (of the Cash/DD plan) means that the case will be listed for a hearing, and the TVL prosecutor will tell the Magistrate whether the payments are up to date or not. If not, the case will likely to proceed to a Guilty verdict.

 

If the payments are up to date, the case may be dropped, or be deferred for a further monitoring hearing.

[stuggling]

Hi, case deferred for monitoring, and also asked to do some placements with them as studying law and got told to call 2mz as may have something avail and it a paid job to!