Getting rid of ex partners belongings

[e39darren]

I'm after some advice if anyone can help, following on from my previous thread about my mother's boyfriend threatening to kill my brother, he has been released from prison (he had a suspended sentence) and my mother has got a restraining order against him.
The thing we want to know is what do we do with his belongings, clothes, tools etc.
My mother asked the people from victim support and they said if you haven't heard off him or his solicitor after a week she can legally get rid of them as he as abandoned them.
Does anyone know if this is true?
He doesn't have any family we can contact and my mother hasn't got the space anymore to store it.
Thanks in advance

[e39darren]

Mandalore said:

I would be tempted to rent a secure storage unit for 3 months disclosing the full reason with the storage company, pay in cash, photograph everything of value with a witness present, before locking it down and give him the key via his solicitor - to ensure there is a record of him having received it.

The trouble with that is money, she is disabled and things are extremely tight

[e39darren]

Jasandjules said:

Has she notified him and given him the chance to collect them?

She doesn't know where he is living now and is afraid to due to the restraining order, she would have thought he would have to do it through his solicitor