Legalities of stealing your own property back?
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What are the legalities of stealing your own property back?
Unfortunately my wheels were stolen last week. The thieves who stole them have already put them up for sale on a popular sales page.
The wheels are not standard and are very distinctive, so the wheels for sale are 100% mine.
How much trouble could I potentially land myself in if I were to meet up with the ‘seller’ and take them back?
I appreciate the information I've given is quite vague but I don’t want to post too much about this on the internet if possible.
Thanks.
Unfortunately my wheels were stolen last week. The thieves who stole them have already put them up for sale on a popular sales page.
The wheels are not standard and are very distinctive, so the wheels for sale are 100% mine.
How much trouble could I potentially land myself in if I were to meet up with the ‘seller’ and take them back?
I appreciate the information I've given is quite vague but I don’t want to post too much about this on the internet if possible.
Thanks.
Some more background information.
The Police have been involved but I haven’t yet mentioned I’ve found the wheels for sale. The jack left behind has been finger printed but nothing found – I assume they wore gloves.
CCTV is currently being looked into but nothing so far. The car was being stored at my friends garage but had to be left outside due to limited space inside, there was a CCTV camera on another building facing my car so a good chance the thieves would have been spotted on this.
I’ve had a friend message the guy now selling the wheels and we’re arranging to meet soon, I have his name, full address and phone number.
Looking through the guys selling profile he has a lot of wheels for sale, a quick search shows over 20 from the start of the year so I’m guessing he’s a career criminal and these are all stolen.
Annoyingly the car was damaged in the process of them taking the wheels. Leaving the car on bricks was too much effort for them so they dumped the car on the floor. In an ideal world it would be great to make a claim against them for the damage to be rectified but I know this isn’t going to happen.
Thanks for the replies so far.
The Police have been involved but I haven’t yet mentioned I’ve found the wheels for sale. The jack left behind has been finger printed but nothing found – I assume they wore gloves.
CCTV is currently being looked into but nothing so far. The car was being stored at my friends garage but had to be left outside due to limited space inside, there was a CCTV camera on another building facing my car so a good chance the thieves would have been spotted on this.
I’ve had a friend message the guy now selling the wheels and we’re arranging to meet soon, I have his name, full address and phone number.
Looking through the guys selling profile he has a lot of wheels for sale, a quick search shows over 20 from the start of the year so I’m guessing he’s a career criminal and these are all stolen.
Annoyingly the car was damaged in the process of them taking the wheels. Leaving the car on bricks was too much effort for them so they dumped the car on the floor. In an ideal world it would be great to make a claim against them for the damage to be rectified but I know this isn’t going to happen.
Thanks for the replies so far.
Edited by Bradley1500 on Tuesday 26th May 12:40
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