Police auction site lots of saws worcester area

[EricBradley]

lots of saws in the Worcester area on the police auction site, Do you recognise any of yours? 

https://www.bumblebeeauctions.co.uk/XcAPViewInCat.asp?ID=23&CMD=&OwnerID=&VIEW=MAIN&page=1

 

 

[Mike Hill]

Thank you for putting this up.

Some poor bugger has lost his gear by the looks of it.

[Canal Navvy]

Mind boggling how you'd stand legally if you were found in possession of stolen goods purchased in good faith from the police ?

[petercb]

Police Property Act 1997 covers it, perfectly legal also if you see your stuff being auctioned you can claim it back. Police will have had it for at least a year.

[Canal Navvy]

There was me thinking that one of the few benefits of modern dealer only serviceable electronics was that in the event of a theft I stood a chance of seeing it back ?

 

[Canal Navvy]

4 hours ago, petercb said:

Police Property Act 1997 covers it, perfectly legal also if you see your stuff being auctioned you can claim it back. Police will have had it for at least a year.

The 1897 act reminds me of the medieval market overts that ceased to be in 1995. I suspect that disposal of assets without the loser having an equal likelihood of seeing them advertised would be open to legal challenge 

Edited June 11, 2019 by Canal Navvy
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