Would You Have Handed It In?

[Haiddheliwr 1,911]

I would have left it for the next person to pick up! Would I f**k!!

[tilimangro 1,013]

Years ago while travelling round Europe I was in a shop with the two girls I was travelling with

One of the girls nudged me to indicate a pile of notes on the shop floor

She picked it up and we left sharpish

After she counted it she went to put it in her bumbag thing to discover that had a hole in it and she had very cleverly made of with her own pile of notes that fell out of her bag ??????

[The Seeker 3,048]

What surprises me most is he fact they needed to prosecute the woman, why not just say look you found the £20 its not yours if you give it back the jobs sorted. But no lets drag it through court and make her pay £175 and give her a criminal record to boot.

 

I have found the odd fiver or quid coin on the floor which was clear didn't belong to anybody in the vicinity so I have pocketed it I would never have thought this was theft FFS.

 

If the person in front of me dropped it then I would gladly pick it up and hand it to them its the correct thing to do.

 

Many years ago I remember my father came in from work distraught, it was the week before Christmas and he'd lost his weekly wage envelope with his wages in it, the person that found it tracked my father down via his name and through the GPO (now BT) returned his money. I swear my dad could have jumped over the moon with joy. I will never forget that and the kindness that person gave our family and learned a lesson that I would do the same if ever in the similar position.

[lanesra 3,994]

Maybe those in power in the police feel they need to stamp down on this type of "Crime" , Unlike watching child porn . . We can sleep safely in our beds knowing our best interest are at the forefront of there minds . . What a fukcing shambles !!

[Greyman 29,556]

It's much easier to bully and persecute non criminal types as they just admit everything through fear, a slightly more enlightened person in the ways of the law would have just claimed they attempted to find out the rightful owner of the said twenty thereby mitigating any criminal charges, theft by finding is thrown at me about ten times a year for picking up scrap metal, I even no of one lad that now has a printer in his cab and he hands out receipts for every bit of scrap he picks up, trouble is its all just a big game and criminally minded people are better at playing it than straights which is why there is so much shock and fuss when they get caught in the net, but it also sends out a message of fear to all the others not to deviate from the path of righteousness, sad but true

[Nik_B 3,790]

It's much easier to bully and persecute non criminal types as they just admit everything through fear, a slightly more enlightened person in the ways of the law would have just claimed they attempted to find out the rightful owner of the said twenty thereby mitigating any criminal charges, theft by finding is thrown at me about ten times a year for picking up scrap metal, I even no of one lad that now has a printer in his cab and he hands out receipts for every bit of scrap he picks up, trouble is its all just a big game and criminally minded people are better at playing it than straights which is why there is so much shock and fuss when they get caught in the net, but it also sends out a message of fear to all the others not to deviate from the path of righteousness, sad but true

 

Yes I think you have hit the nail on the head, she attended the police station voluntarily, didn't have a solicitor because she didn't think she'd done anything wrong and then accepted the prosecution because she couldn't afford a solicitor.

 

When you are not used to interacting with the police it is quite frightening when you are being targeted by them, I feel sorry for the woman.

[The one 8,522]

She would of been better sticking to nobody said anything so i was going home to pop it into a envelope and hand it into the police station ( though they would just pocket it when i left ) But the money to drag the woman to court etc no wonder this countrys fecked it wouldnt be hard to track down that cctv operator though and have a word with them

[THE STIFFMEISTER 16,358]

What surprises me most is he fact they needed to prosecute the woman, why not just say look you found the £20 its not yours if you give it back the jobs sorted. But no lets drag it through court and make her pay £175 and give her a criminal record to boot.

 

I have found the odd fiver or quid coin on the floor which was clear didn't belong to anybody in the vicinity so I have pocketed it I would never have thought this was theft FFS.

 

If the person in front of me dropped it then I would gladly pick it up and hand it to them its the correct thing to do.

 

Many years ago I remember my father came in from work distraught, it was the week before Christmas and he'd lost his weekly wage envelope with his wages in it, the person that found it tracked my father down via his name and through the GPO (now BT) returned his money. I swear my dad could have jumped over the moon with joy. I will never forget that and the kindness that person gave our family and learned a lesson that I would do the same if ever in the similar position.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Happened to my mam twice in a row that and the same girl found it and returned it twice....Shes from a lovely family and whenever im home I see her dad, always buy him a drink if hes out....

[The one 8,522]

We used to take our lost property to the police station once a month now its to go down weekly as theres so much of it , but due to the cuts in staff there 3 months behind so most stuff goes right into the bin , anyway you get a yellow slip back after 3 months telling you the item you handed in is yours if you want to claim it so my mate goes to claim £20 and they cant find it they spent 30 minutes looking and he came away empty handed now he hands sod all in . Anything electrical they dispose of due to the data protection act with stuff that could be stored on these being personal data , Aye right brand new phones and ipads ,and lap tops getting destroyed some cops bairns xmas will be sorted

[walshie 2,804]

When I was on holiday with my parents when I was very young, I found a purse with hundreds of pounds in it (holiday money I guess) on the floor of a restaurant we were eating at. I gave it to my Mum who handed it to the cashier. Before we had finished eating the owner came back for it. The cashier pointed me out as the person who found it. She came over to us said thank you, then delved into her purse to give me my "reward". 10 pence! 10 stinking pence.

 

If I saw someone actually drop the money now I'd tell them, but I certainly wouldn't hand it in.

[TOMO 27,072]

same at work when we find a bank card,,the manager normally shreds it streight away,,,,data protection ect,,,somtimes folk get the arse about it,,but it protects them and us,,,saves them acusing us of spending on them,,especialy them touch screen cards...

 

most weeks we take i.d of kids that borrow there mates thinking we wont notice...these are handed in to police,,,,can get emotional somtimes,,,especialy when its a passport and there going on there hols ..

[JDHUNTING 1,817]

Really boils down to what I posted in another thread keep schtum speak to a brief, 99% of people convict themselves.

[Greyman 29,556]

Really boils down to what I posted in another thread keep schtum speak to a brief, 99% of people convict themselves.

this is were the system fails for nice people, because they are not entitled to legal aid, a brief at around £200 an hour makes it much more expensive to deny than it does to just admit it even if you know full well your innocent, also avoids the unpleasant experience of sitting in a room full of crack heads waiting to see the judge, it's a system totally designed to milk money from decent people like on the spot fixed penalty fines, people would rather pay up than have to spend a day in court, even when they are innocent were as if I,m going to be convicted of anything I wil make them fight for it, I represent myself in court and have also represented friends, to date it's about ten nil to me as most of the police evidence is non existent in miner matters, as an example £30 on the spot fine for dropping a fag butt, pay up now and avoid court? Or turn up in court and ask them to produce the fag butt with your DNA on as your a non smoker, they will never collect the butt or prepare a case because they expect you to roll over, so at there expense they have to drop the charges, I have been convicted of more serious matters on occasion but they will carry out a much more thorough investigation for those, plus it's very hard to give a plausible reason for having a balaclava, sawn off and a rol of duck tape in the boot lol

[gnasher16 30,556]

A lady ive known many years works for C2C Railways which is a London to Southend line,part of her job is sorting lost property which is left on trains.....i cant remember if its 3 or 6 months but whatever it is if the items not claimed within that time she auctions it off for a local childrens charity she does 2 or 3 auctions per year and it raises a nice few quid which shes been thanked and given awards for by the charity as the auctions are arranged and done in her own time etc.......can you believe ol bill turned up at the last one,stopped it and both she and the company are now having to go through the courts to continue doing the auctions due to some sort of legalities around unclaimed property......this is unwanted or lost and unclaimed items put towards the raising of money for life limited children........the legal jargon and mamby pamby nonsense we have in this country is getting in the way of normal common sense and folk using their initiative it makes my blood boil !

[Nik_B 3,790]

A lady ive known many years works for C2C Railways which is a London to Southend line,part of her job is sorting lost property which is left on trains.....i cant remember if its 3 or 6 months but whatever it is if the items not claimed within that time she auctions it off for a local childrens charity she does 2 or 3 auctions per year and it raises a nice few quid which shes been thanked and given awards for by the charity as the auctions are arranged and done in her own time etc.......can you believe ol bill turned up at the last one,stopped it and both she and the company are now having to go through the courts to continue doing the auctions due to some sort of legalities around unclaimed property......this is unwanted or lost and unclaimed items put towards the raising of money for life limited children........the legal jargon and mamby pamby nonsense we have in this country is getting in the way of normal common sense and folk using their initiative it makes my blood boil !

 

Funny...the police do the same except they probably don't give it to charity

 

One law for one and another for the rest of us