Marston Bailiffs - Removal Notice / Distress Warrant

[Sparzy]

Hello,

 

I hope someone can help because i'm at my wit's end.

 

I got home last night to find a hand delivered letter from Marston's bailiffs delivered on 1st October. It says REMOVAL NOTICE in big red letters and the offence is for a distress warrant. They are asking for the tune of £947. I'm very alarmed at this as I have not received any letters or notifications about this until now. It states client as "HMCTS Hampshire and IOW" and contains a reference number. I've called the Fixed Penalty Office who were able to give me a police reference number and tell me it relates to a fixed penalty notice ocurred on 27th October 2007. I've called the police and they say it relates to when an office stopped me and I failed to produce a licence, so I was given a fixed penalty notice of £60 that went unpaid. I've been stopped a few times in my time and caught for speeding, but in all honesty I do not remember this happening.

 

Now i'm at a bit of a dead end. I feel it's massively unfair that I have to pay £947 (money I don't even have) for an offence I don't even recall happening. I've also moved house in that time and I regularly work abroad for months at a time. Still, I check my post regularly and i've never received anything warning me to this debt.

 

Does anyone know where I can go from here? Can I file a statutory declaration? The police said the court is SE Hampshire Magistrates but I can't find a number of anyone willing to talk to me.

 

I'm worried that at any moment, bailiffs are going to break into my house and take my stuff.

[hallowitch]

there you go have a read of this thread it explains what you have to do because you did not receive all statutory notices because you have moved address

http://www.consumeractiongroup.co.uk/forum/showthread.php?165753-MAGISTRATE-COURT-FINES.-Template-of-a-Statutory-Declaration.(2-Viewing)-nbsp

[Sparzy]

Hi Hallowitch

 

Thanks for that, very useful info. Off the back of it I was able to track down the court. There is a hearing on Tuesday where I will pay a small fee and file a stat dec, which im now booked in for. The hounds have now been called off and I will be re-prosecute and will be able to pay the original fine. Feels like a massive weight is off my shoulders - the system works!!! I was absolutely scared to the bone about this and haven't been able to sleep this week. Phew. Thanks for your help.

[ploddertom]

Pleased to hear you have it sorted - hopefully. Will you come back and let us know how you get on?