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Hi there,
I live in a shared house and an enforcement officer attended my property about 6 weeks ago in reference to a debt owed to magistrates court for fines due to breach of a community order for assault. She said she gave someone in the house a letter stating I had a debt to pay, but I never got it. She posted a final notice last week, so I called her to explain that I hadn't received any notice of her attending before and could I arrange a payment plan with her as I was a single parent on benefits and £380 was not something I could conjure up in a week. She said it had gone on long enough and that I had until Friday 13th to pay the full amount. She text me today, reminding me I have until 4pm tomorrow to get the money together, and when I asked her what the next steps would be if I could not afford it, she said she would attend and if I didn't let her in, she would re attend with the police to take my possessions. I explained I had no possessions as I live in one room, with just a bed and a wardrobe. She said if the warrant could not be cleared by possessions then she said the next stage is an arrest warrant! I am at my wits end, can they just arrest me like that and leave the kids aged 11 and 14 here? Will I go to prison for this? Like I said, I had offered to pay in instalments, its not like I just said i'm not paying. Any advice would be greatly appreciated.
I live in a shared house and an enforcement officer attended my property about 6 weeks ago in reference to a debt owed to magistrates court for fines due to breach of a community order for assault. She said she gave someone in the house a letter stating I had a debt to pay, but I never got it. She posted a final notice last week, so I called her to explain that I hadn't received any notice of her attending before and could I arrange a payment plan with her as I was a single parent on benefits and £380 was not something I could conjure up in a week. She said it had gone on long enough and that I had until Friday 13th to pay the full amount. She text me today, reminding me I have until 4pm tomorrow to get the money together, and when I asked her what the next steps would be if I could not afford it, she said she would attend and if I didn't let her in, she would re attend with the police to take my possessions. I explained I had no possessions as I live in one room, with just a bed and a wardrobe. She said if the warrant could not be cleared by possessions then she said the next stage is an arrest warrant! I am at my wits end, can they just arrest me like that and leave the kids aged 11 and 14 here? Will I go to prison for this? Like I said, I had offered to pay in instalments, its not like I just said i'm not paying. Any advice would be greatly appreciated.
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