Finders Keepers !!

[kokynage]

my catering trailer was stolen 8 yr s ago, I recently saw it in someone else's drive, it has been recovered by the Police, on the evidence i supplied, the present owner is claiming to be a Innocent Purchaser, and is making a claim for it. can any one advise me? Thank you

t has now been passed to on to GMPA who are asking me to pay £150 to be party to inter-pleading proceedings,

Do i need legal representation?

[sara3]

what country are you in?

[sandyRoe]

I can't offer any advice. I'm sure the person who was sold stolen property will do all in their power to help the police arrest the thieves.

[hc4361]

England.

[sara3]

hc, I wasn't asking you, lol!

[sandyRoe]

Didn't somebody steal Sir Geoffrey Howe's trousers while he was on a train ?

[sandyRoe]

^^^ that was meant as an answer for another question.

[hc4361]

Well the Greater Manchester Police Authority wouldn't be interested if it were outside the UK.

[Mick-Talbot]

This happened to me when i was 14, but it was a bike not a catering trailer.

the police took the bike from them and gave it them back a few months later.
i stalked them and stole it back.

[sara3]

well (thank you, hc) if you buy a stolen vehicle in the UK, it will be taken away and returned to the legal owner.

I don't see why the same laws wouldn't apply here.

I just wondered what the A thingy was before the £.

[hc4361]

The A thingy before the £150 is a font error, ignore it.
It is not a simple, straightforward matter.
As a general rule, if property has been stolen, the original owner or their insurance company have a better title than an innocent purchaser. However, this does not apply where deception has been involved, and may not apply if the property has been added to or altered since it left the original owner’s hands.

Proceedings under the Police (Property) Act 1897 may be taken in the Magistrates' Court.

Complicated cases may be referred to the County Court (for property worth £30,000 or less) or to the High Court (for property worth £30,000 or more).

[twix123]

If you made a claim on your insurance when the trailer was originally stolen, the Insurance Company would now be the interested party and should be informed that the police have now recovered it.