So it goes on...Handling stolen goods

[Shazza36]

Been on Ab a few times now about the ongoing saga of my son getting beaten up etc. On the last occaision his mobile phone was stolen this has since turned up in the second hand shop run by a friend of the family who has co-operated fully with the police and is going to ID the person who sold him the phone by the VIPER system. The person he will be ID-ing is the mother of one of the gang who jumped my son (the son has just been convicted of assauting my son on the first occaision last June), the mother used her driving licence as ID this being a photo card one and also comleted and signed a log book in the shop saying she was legally entitled to sell the phone. All the handwriting and signatures match up the owner of the shop has given a statement and like I say is going to do the ID. She is currently on police bail if she is found guilty (and the police say they have over whelming evidence against her so they are quite positive) what punishment is she likely to receive- don;t think she has a clean record. TIA

[NORMANTHEDOG]

she will get off with it,as the police have to prove,that she knew it was stolen,and that is very hard to prove,no matter what the police say.

[Shazza36]

Really-you think she will get off, why are the police going to all the trouble of getting her Id'd etc. She told the owner of the shop that the phone belonged to her son who was with her (he jumped my son and took the phone- my son managed to keep hold of the back of it whcih made it easy to identify), she sold a �200 phone for �50, she has denied selling it or being in the shop and therfore not denied knowing it was stolen. She better hope the police/courts deal with her other wise it wil be left up to me and I'm soooo angry.

[Law Man1856]

The CPS will decide on the evidence and the case seems solid enough but NORMAN is right as always.

If she says she did'nt know it was stolen it is difficult to prove she knew it was.

This is the law and it is designed to prove "beyond a reasonable doubt" and in this case the doubt is as stated.

Your last statement concerns me - don't do anythong rash.

Your son needs you so don't lower yourself to thier level.

[Shazza36]

No- I will be good, to be honest there is a massive queue in front of me to sort the family out so I will let someone else get their hands dirty.

[Shazza36]

Forgot- should the unexpected happen and she did get found guilty what would she get- community service??