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alsey42147

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Hi, wonder if anyone can help. I had a lease car that I finished the contract on, and returned to the lease company. I recieved an Police Intention to Prosecute with an Application for the Identity of the Driver in the post, for a speeding offense that happened over a month after I returned the car. Obviously I was not the driver.

I replied to the notice saying I wasn't the driver, attached details of my lease contract showing it had ended and the car was returned, and gave contact details of the lease company.

A couple of weeks later, the police write back to me saying they "have been provided with documentation to show that you were the driver at the time and/or in posession at the time of the alleged offense". WTF?

They've asked me to fill in the driver identity form again, with wording in the letter suggesting that I was either lying or made "an honest mistake", neither of which are true.

Is there anything else I can do to show them I wasn't the driver? This is completely absurd but unfortunately I don't have much faith in the system to avoid absurd conclusions.

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Hi, wonder if anyone can help. I had a lease car that I finished the contract on, and returned to the lease company. I recieved an Police Intention to Prosecute with an Application for the Identity of the Driver in the post, for a speeding offense that happened over a month after I returned the car. Obviously I was not the driver.

I replied to the notice saying I wasn't the driver, attached details of my lease contract showing it had ended and the car was returned, and gave contact details of the lease company.

A couple of weeks later, the police write back to me saying they "have been provided with documentation to show that you were the driver at the time and/or in posession at the time of the alleged offense". WTF?

They've asked me to fill in the driver identity form again, with wording in the letter suggesting that I was either lying or made "an honest mistake", neither of which are true.

Is there anything else I can do to show them I wasn't the driver? This is completely absurd but unfortunately I don't have much faith in the system to avoid absurd conclusions.
The finger of suspicion points to the lease company, and a simple admin mistake on their part. Have you spoken to them?

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What you re obliged by law o do (as you were not "he person keeping he vehicle) is to provide the police with "any information which is in your power to give and which may lead to identifying the driver."

I suggest the only information you can give them is the details of the lease company.

It would be interesting to learn what documentation they have to show that you were driving. Unless anybody was with you when you were not driving and made a statement that you were, I can't really see what they might have.

The lease company can only say who they believe was keeping the vehicle at the time. They cannot say who was driving it. As above, it may be worth checking with them what they have told the police.
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Thanks both for your replies. I called the lease company today; they confirmed they have on record that I returned the vehicle on the correct date (before the incident in question). I will try to press them again on whether or not they have had any contact with the police on this matter.

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I will try to press them again on whether or not they have had any contact with the police on this matter.

I wouldn't bother. I would just respond to the latest enquiry from the police saying that the information you provided in your response to their earlier request is all you can tell them and it still stands.

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I will try to press them again on whether or not they have had any contact with the police on this matter.

I wouldn't bother. I would just respond to the latest enquiry from the police saying that the information you provided in your response to their earlier request is all you can tell them and it still stands.
I wouldn't bother either, but I would ask them to confirm it in writing just in case. An email would do.

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Thank you both again. Got the email now from the lease company confirming registration and date returned to them. Would you expect this to be resolved without court or some otherwise disproportionate level of hassle?

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Got the email now from the lease company confirming registration and date returned to them.
Send that email back to the police, reiterating your previous response, and suggest that they contact the lease company themselves. That's all you can do. Hopefully someone will join the dots before they head down the wrong path.