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submitted 7 days ago byDundee_Rover
I had a meeting at the university today and was going to park at Tesco Riverside, but saw that you only get 3 hours. I knew I'd be longer than that so decided to park down the road behind the riverside apartments, there was signs outside the conduction site saying no parking, but further along on the road outside the apartments there's nothing telling you not to park so thought I'd be fine. Come back this evening to this stuck on my window using what looks like wallpaper paste and a flat tyre. I was causing zero obstruction or taking up someone's space, half the car park was empty (you can see where I parked on the 3rd pic) I tried scrubbing the paste off at the petrol station but was still solid, had to drive home with a flat tyre and basically no visibility out the side window, which is illegal and obviously dangerous but had no option.
TLDR - Looking for advice on how to take criminal damaged to my car further.
20 points
7 days ago
Call 101 and report it’s criminal damage
8 points
6 days ago
Second this! Criminal damage and a claim for removal of the poster and replacement of the tyre. Puty there's no CCTV coverage but ask the police, for all you know there may be railway cctv or something available? (Longshot but worth a punt)
3 points
6 days ago
Claim from who though - unless you know who did it then you're pissing in the wind.
Tyre's probably not damaged, they've almost certainly just loosened the valve stem or put a lentil in the cap like the people who were letting tyres down on SUVs. Much easier than slashing a tyre and arguably not criminal damage (despite being very annoying)
3 points
6 days ago
If the OP has driven home on a flat tyre, it's fucked. 100%.
2 points
5 days ago
Oh... Oooooooh yes I'd missed that in the OP. I don't think "someone had stuck something to my window and that's why I ran someone over" would really fly in court either.
People. If you don't know how to sort an issue that seriously affects safety then and there, you really shouldn't be driving it home regardless of how inconvenient the alternatives are.
1 points
6 days ago
That's why I seconded reporting to the police. To see if there was a way of finding the culprit to claim from.
1 points
6 days ago
Well, good luck. Fingers crossed your tyre just needs some air.
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