a sad storiy from my friend

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hi,

my friend car had been stolen few weeks ago when he parked at side of the road with key in the ignition when meeting some friends for few minutes. Then, few days ago, police had caught the thief and he need to go for trial at court for the theft as victims/witness. But, he got no full UK license, only provisional license.

He is worried and the question is:

what will happen to him? If he will be charged, how much?
 
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So your friends been driving without a licence and had his car stolen? Hardly a sad story. I'd imagine, if they can prove he's been driving, fine and ban.



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Personally, I'd ban him for 5 years min but they probably won't even ask about the license; if they do, he will need to lie and say that he was with a qualified driver at the time and not alone; the L plates must have been removed by the thief.
 
To be prefectly honest I have no sympathy for him at all. If he does not have a full licence like everyone else has to, he should not have been on the road in the first place. Can I also assume he also has no insurance in this case as well? He will probably find that they will take his car off him and if he cannot pay/show he has a licence and insurance the car will be crushed after a short period
 
singist said:
Personally, I'd ban him for 5 years min but they probably won't even ask about the license; if they do, he will need to lie and say that he was with a qualified driver at the time and not alone; the L plates must have been removed by the thief.
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the trial is for theft , he is afraid that the solicitors will ask him about license
 
The licence is drive the car, not to own it. I doubt it will come to anything.

Although if your mate has been driving without a licence then he needs to sort himself out.
 
azmi said:
the trial is for theft , he is afraid that the solicitors will ask him about license
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What don't you understand about my previous post?

If he is a provisional license holder he can only drive whilst being accompnied by a qualified driver who is 21 years old or more and has held a full license for at least 3 years; he must also be taxed and insured and in a roadworthy vehicle displaying "L" plates.

So, he either lies and tells them he was being accompanied by a qualified driver (as above) and that the "L" plate were removed by the thief, or tells the truth and gets the book thrown at him..... simples!
 
If this is for theft, I doubt it would even come up. How the car came to be where it was is irrelivant. The car was stolen, and the case is about the theft itself.
 
Malt_Vinegar said:
If this is for theft, I doubt it would even come up. How the car came to be where it was is irrelivant. The car was stolen, and the case is about the theft itself.
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he just stop to chat for 1-2 minutes and the key is in ignition, we just hope the solicitors don't ask about it..
 
Well its his own fault for leaving the keys in the ignition, and if they do ask about insurance and licence then i hope he gets the book thrown at him.
 
I'm not trying to be inflammatory here, but you're not doing the moderate among us any favours by wandering into our country and breaking our laws.
 
azmi said:
hi,

my friend car had been stolen few weeks ago when he parked at side of the road with key in the ignition when meeting some friends for few minutes. Then, few days ago, police had caught the thief and he need to go for trial at court for the theft as victims/witness. But, he got no full UK license, only provisional license.

He is worried and the question is:

what will happen to him? If he will be charged, how much?
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Well if he gets found out, that's another tool off the road, so either way it's a win/win situation.
 
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