So I wrote to kent police to request her name and address from their dataprotection registrar and lo and behold it arrived. I then set up an account with www.moneyclaim.gov.uk a brilliant online service from her majesty's justice system.
This is basically a low cost way of bringing a civil claim against someone. It took a few steps - to start the case - and then go through various court driven proecdures where they served notice on the woman. It cost me time and money (well over £100 in all) but the woman refused to acknoweledge any documents the court sent her.
In the end, they sent the bailliffs around (costing me even more money) and after several attempts she contacted me by post! Saying she did't live there. I'll bet. Not just a cheat but a liar as well.
I convinced her by e-mail to contact the court and start to engage with the process. Which she did and after some negotiation through the court she agreed to pay £30 per month from August 2008 until the debt plus costs plus interest had been repaid.
So every month she writes me a cheque, sometimes sending it by registered post(what, she doesnt trust me!!!) sometimes not. Which in a way is nice as she is reminded every month over a 12 month period about the fact she stole from me.
Case closed.
Wednesday, March 25, 2009
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