Man dies because of bailiff's actions

[7mike]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/lancashire/7833...

This is a disgrace, condolences to the family.

[illmonkey]

fking bullys. Close the door on their faces.

[ytrebil]

What's the law on bailifs/debt collectors?

[SeeFive]

It just goes to show. Speeding kills.

I wonder how far over the speed limit this guy was - maybe 5mph... bds!

Edited by SeeFive on Friday 16th January 15:10

[10 Pence Short]

Wouldn't surprise me if those c*nts Rossendales were involved. If their whole operation accidentally blew up in an accidental nuclear explosion causing lots of accidental fatalities at their head office I wouldn't be too sorry.

[Balmoral Green]

I'm not fetching the stick based on assumptions. Let's see what the enquiry finds first. My dad died of a heart attack, if it had been in the middle of a blazing row with someone, I would probably be feeling sorry for them. And we don't even know whether there was any aggro anyway. Too many questions before I hang draw & quarter.

[mel]

They'll probably put a claim in against the estate now!

[Mc Lovin]

Couple of points

bding s

£60 for a life?

why could'nt his son just pay it, less stress for the guy recovering from a heart attack?

[G'kar]

Did anyone else think 'Feck me, he looked like Jack Straw?'

[VX Foxy]

Why hadn't he paid the fine?

[dwilkie]

£360 - £60+£300 costs.

But now I'm just being pernickety.

[Seight_Returns]

dwilkie said:

£360 - £60+£300 costs.

But now I'm just being pernickety.

I thought debt collectors bought the debt at a discount rather than added costs - don't know for sure though.

[dwilkie]

I don't know, the article just said it included £300 costs.

They wouldn't have been able to do it with me - I can only take £250 a day out the cash point

[Andy Mac]

So let me get this straight? man fails to pay whatever he owed, so the bailiffs were called... As happens all over the country. Are you guys seriously suggesting that bailiffs should be called of if people have been ill? Sounds like they were giving the guy a chance to actually pay something, rather than have them remove his stuff. I'm sure it was a stressful situation, but I'm afraid far too many sob stories like these could well be avoided if people just pay what they owe.

[alfabadass]

Clear case if corporate manslaughter.

The magistrates who authorised this need to be brought to justice....and the bailiff

[Balmoral Green]

Andy Mac said:

far too many sob stories like these

There are a few around at the moment, like the 'Council kills pensioner' one the other day over refurbishment of a house. When you get past the headline, and read between the lines, find other parts of the story from other news sources, and it is soon apparent that the story is anything but as it's been portrayed.

Although to be fair, the link between bailiff induced stress and a heart attack in this story isn't too tenuous a one, compared to some of the others.

But you have to ask, where would the story be if he had died on the way to the cash point anyway, whilst he was out & about, and there were no bailiffs involved at all.

[Andy Mac]

alfabadass said:

Clear case if corporate manslaughter.

The magistrates who authorised this need to be brought to justice....and the bailiff

How the hell do you get to that conclusion? If I died in a crash on the way to the ATM as I was late with my energy bill, would the energy company be liable?

Edited by Andy Mac on Friday 16th January 15:37

[7mike]

VX Foxy said:

Why hadn't he paid the fine?

Read the article, he was in hospital recovering from an earlier heart attack

[Andy Mac]

7mike said:

VX Foxy said:

Why hadn't he paid the fine?

Read the article, he was in hospital recovering from an earlier heart attack

You'd think the family that are so up in arms would have sorted it out. As usual responsibility is being pushed aside.

[Chris71]

G'kar said:

Did anyone else think 'Feck me, he looked like Jack Straw?'

Also thought it was bloody typical that when you're trying to get baliffs to do something about a crook who deserves a swift MI they're all softly-softly, but with an old boy who's a bit behind on his bills they're suddenlly hardcore. bds.