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Originally Posted by Derek
Can the Police LEGALLY do anything further? Nope. You know the £300 story is codswallop, I know it's codswallop, the Police know its codswallop but can they prove it?
I'm 99.9% certain if the Police and CPS charged the current occupants with theft then another member of the travelling fratenity would appear saying he sold it to them at that price as a favour after buying it from another traveller called Paddy who sold it to him cheap as payment for such and such after he bought it from Irish Mick who got it as a wedding present from etc. etc. etc. In certain circles the concept of a 'thieves bargain' holds very little evidential value.
If it was a car or other object then the Police powers are a bit more clear, as it is they cannot LEGALLY seize the caravan, making people homeless. It's the same as squatting cases, the Police know fine well that the occupants didn't just chance upon an open window but broke in but unless they can prove it there is precisely sod all that can be done with the law about it.
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Have they tried to make the occupants life harder, can they legally assist the victims of this crime further, have they brushed it away because travellers are troublesome and as for Paddy claiming he bought it of some one else, well nick him to, let a jury decide what's what not some namby pamby social worker or lawyer, it's about time life was made harder for these sort of people not easier.