Letter of indemnity after driving without insurance

[Man in the middle]

Contact the police, tell them what you have told us and they should cancel the FP offer. If they don't, your daughter will have to wait for a Single Justice Procedure Notice informing her she is being prosecuted for the offence. She should respond to this by pleading Not Guilty. There is a section on the SJ form to explain why she is pleading Not Guilty and she can explain again what has happened.

 

Two things to note:

 

1. You will not be able to recover the sum paid to get the car back from the pound.  The vehicle was almost certainly seized lawfully (the police were not in a position to make the enquiries you have made subsequently).

 

2. If she does end up going to court whilst she is still 17 you will not be able to accompany her into the courtroom. It will be a youth court and permission has to be sought for any "non-combatants" to be present. It is unlikely to be granted in your daughter's case but there is nothing to stop you attending the court house and asking the Bench if you can be present in the courtroom for your daughter's case. That said, it will probably be six months before the matter reaches court (if indeed it gets that far).

[Man in the middle]

In all honestly I cannot imagine the police taking the matter any further when they see the letter of indemnity.