Thursday - February 11, 2010
People, fer gosh sake quit leaving kids and keys in the car even for a second. U got lucky here.
That has to be very scary to see your car driven off and your baby is still inside. Fortunately a happy ending as babe is safe but read on.
Police handed me a £150 bill to get Vauxhall back after carjacker drove off with my daughter
By Chris Brooke
09th February 2010
A mother had to pay £150 to recover her car from a police compound.
But Sarah McDonald- Lee hadn’t been parked illegally and there was nothing wrong with her car.
Her ‘crime’ was to see her little daughter being driven away at high speed during a carjacking.
Fortunately three-year-old Sophie and the car were traced within 20 minutes - and Mrs McDonald-Lee has nothing but praise for how officers handled the terrifying incident.
But her relief and joy has turned to anger. After the Vauxhall Zafira was towed away for forensic examination a terse letter arrived from the recovery firm hired by Nottinghamshire Police.
It said Mrs McDonald-Lee had to pay £150 to get her car back because it had been ‘abandoned’. It also warned she could be charged £20-a-day storage.
THEN THERE IS THIS LETTER TO THE EDITOR AFTER THAT STORY APPEARED. Heaven forbid the Mail should have a letters page on line. If they do I can’t find it and so no link for source to the letter below. I haven’t copied the entire letter. Just too much for me tonight. But you get the picture.
10 Feb.
DAYLIGHT ROBBERY
Why is it police policy to charge car owners exorbitant fees to recover their stolen vehicles? (Mail)When my son had his car stolen, the police found it an hour later. It had been stolen by a teenager and smashed beyond repair.
The police towed the car away for forensic purposes and then contacted my son and told him he had to pay for it to be taken away or pay a daily charge for storage.
The police wanted to carry out tests and took it to their garage, but it’s the owner who has to pay.Mary Gleeson
London W13
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on 02/11/2010 at 11:54 AM
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