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She was a day late paying her tv license as her benefits had knacked up, and they literally have on the paperwork that for one day in March this year, she was watching TV when she did not have a license

Ontop of this, they have been telling her she has to pay 40 quid a month, and she has done this for 10 years (shes only just told me..) so clearly she would have had a license as she would be like..2.5k in credit with them at the time that they pressured her into signing that form that you sign that basically..gives them permission to prosecute you

Ugh I am so pissed off. Shes having an awful time right now because of various things, and this letter is the last ****ing last thing she needs. She also says she has reciepts showing that she has consistenty paid 40 per month, but does agree she was slightly late on the payment in March and that an officer happened to come that day and she admitted she was watching TV. But for one ****ing day? Someone whos paid it (and seemingly MUCH more than shes meant to) consistently for 10 years, they purposely look for a reason to fine then? I find this ****ing gross. Issue is, her health is so bad that she could not actually physically go to court. So I have had to plead guilty for her as if you plead not guilty you have to go. Rang court and they said she would have to be there, me or gavin could not go for her

Mind, the guy I spoke to from the court was massively sympathetic. He says this kind of thing is actually quite common, them going after pensioners who make a payment a day or two late, rather than are like..purposely avoiding getting a license. And says it does actually say at their end, that this is one day. I actually thought I had misread the letter or something, but it actually says 'on 5.3.19 you did no have a valid tv license and watched TV' (rather than the usual 'between March 2018 and March 2019 you watched TV without a license) or something, paraphrasing of course

So now I am chasing an overpayment she has made, going back years and years. But they are refusing to release details, and being awkward at every turn, obviously as they KNOW they are in the wrong and owe her a large amount of money.

No idea what I expect anyone to do but needed to get this out as this is genuinely shocking tbh. I am raging at them so much. But, as I said, she has to plead guilty despite having proof that even the credit in her payments from like years back would have more than covered the one day she was late in making the payment.