HI, I
was wondering if anyone here would give me advice on how to deal with the bailiff.
I got a fine from the Magistrate Court and I had an arrangement of paying the £318.10 fine in instalments.
I started paying my fine (£20 a month) since December 2012 up until June 2013 when I stopped getting money.
I am a care leaver and I was supported by social services until I turned 21 in June and I am not in full time education
which therefore means that they couldn't support me anymore and I had to apply somewhere else which am still in the process of doing.
I got a letter saying that I had to pay £283 in 14 days or else the bailiff were coming to my house to collect goods that are equivalent to the outstanding amount.
I called them and spoke to at least 3 people trying to explain to them that I had no other ways of paying for my fine since I wasn't getting any money at all and none of that helped.
I even got my social worker to explain it more but that was a waste too.
yesterday they put a letter through my door that said they will be coming to my house with locksmiths and the police and this time the money has gone up to £498.10.
I live with my aunt and she is on benefits herself so she has no money to pay for me and I don't own any goods at all.
When I called the bailiff who put the final notice through my door he said he'll come next week
and he can take anything unless we show a receipt to prove that its not mine.
we have no receipts.
So please if anyone knows anything about what to do in this situation, your help would be greatly appreciated.
