£2Bn of unpaid fines

[Smiler.]

Warning: Likely to cause superheated piss to exit via your ears!


Just listening to this

BBC Website said:

John Waite investigates the story behind the missing billions of unpaid fines, fees, compensation orders and confiscation orders.

Recent reports by the National Audit Office and the House of Commons Public Accounts Committee put the amount outstanding at almost £2 billion. The Ministry of Justice is cutting services by approximately the same amount.

It's already shut 129 of 142 courts due for closure.

The Legal Aid fund will be cut by £450 million.

Overall the Ministry of Justice will be looking to save over £2 billion of its £10 billion budget.

So who is not paying their fines and are criminals getting off scot-free?

Is the money simply uncollected - or uncollectable?

John Waite speaks to magistrates, criminals, victims of crime and key players in the legal system.

He visits a Magistrates Court and joins police on a raid.

A victim of a vicious assault recalls how he was beaten, then went to court to see the offender convicted..

victim said:

he was ordered to pay £250 damages, but couldn't pay, so was ordered to pay £5 a week from his benefits

What the swinging tits??

utter ct said:

Fines are no good. They're giving people fines who've got no job, how are they supposed to pay?

Erm, single bullet instead?


And one wonders why the country seems totally fked.

[TwigtheWonderkid]

I thought this was going to be a thread about the Nigerian embassy's unpaid parking tickets!

[Fittster]

On the other hand, operation Rize. The state, via the police can help themselves to people's property.

http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/lifestyle/operation-...

[AJS-]

Fittster said:

On the other hand, operation Rize. The state, via the police can help themselves to people's property.

http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/lifestyle/operation-...

Assuming they have some property to start with. What do you think the government is there for? Keep up at the back.