I have a friend in scotland who lives at my previous address,who told me there are some police officers looking for me due to unpaid mobile phone bill.The mobile phone has a contract of 1yr and 8months and i was able to pay 2months only becuase my work contract has ended and I'm in the Philippines right now. Now that I am applying for a new job in Australia they are requiring for a Police Clearance in UK.I already applied and it is already in process would it reflect as a criminal record or not?
2007-04-15 14:01:32 · 18 answers · asked by lindsay 1 in Politics & Government ➔ Law Enforcement & Police
Does it matter? Just pay the bill.
2007-04-15 14:07:17 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 4⤋
I think you need to clarify this with your friend. It is most unlikely that the police would be looking for you for an unpaid phone bill as this would be considered a civil matter and the phone people would need to take you to small claims court. The police would only get involved if it were a criminal matter and paying a phone bill is not a criminal matter. You will have no problems at all with the police clearance for Australia, as long as you don't have any criminal convictions where you have been found guilty by a court.
2007-04-16 23:35:02 · answer #2 · answered by Dr Paul D 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2016-05-20 11:01:27 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
You have not committed a crime.The circumstances described refer to a Civil matter and not criminal.However if your intentions are good you can pay the phone company from the Phillapines.You appear to be using your location as an excuse for non payment which amounts to an excuse.Of course you will be on the Debtors list and so you should be.
2007-04-17 05:27:12 · answer #4 · answered by realdolby 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Absolutely not. Unless you have deliberately deceived someone this is simply a civil debt and in no way a criminal matter.
Trust me, UK Police have far more to worry about than unpaid bills and they do not deal with civil debts, they deal with criminal law. Either you are not telling us everything or someone is winding you up about the bobbies calling.
2007-04-16 09:55:25 · answer #5 · answered by Captain Sarcasm 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Dunno what the law is in scotland, but an unpaid phone bill is not a criminal offense hence not punishable by law in the uk. Council tax, road fines etc okay because it's money owed to the state but a mobile bill owed to a company? The police aren't capable of handling real crimes, I don't think they're going to waste time trying to convict someone over a civil dispute. Otherwise they'd be round everytime someone paid the gas bill late!
2007-04-15 14:20:47 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
No. This is a civil debt and does not come within the police remit. Perhaps the police were checking that you really had been resident at the address in question, to make surethat this was not a case of fraud. If it turns out that you deceived the company in question, it might well become a police matter.
2007-04-16 07:27:46 · answer #7 · answered by Doethineb 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I think you would just have a bad mark on your credit.
The officers were probably just going to present you with papers because the company may have requested a court date for you to pay for the bill.
If you go to court and plead why you were unable, or write to the court since you are away from there...they will probably throw it out. You can also say you did not know the contract would conflict with your transfers.
Even if they do throw it out, you will have a bad mark on your credit. I don't think it is as bad as a bankrupcy or anything, but it is on there.
2007-04-15 14:07:06 · answer #8 · answered by AveGirl 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Debtor prisons was of Dickerson's novels, now a days we get a poor credit rating or just pay the bill. Australia was a one time Britain's prison colony I'm sure you indigestion would only add to there reputation.
2007-04-15 14:26:47 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
not sure about in scotland, in the US it just goes on your credit report. the only way its criminal is if the mobile phone company were to take you to court for payment and the judge ordered payment from you....then if you didnt pay it in the time the judge allotted it would be contempt of court.
2007-04-15 16:18:29 · answer #10 · answered by CRmac 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
if this is a straight debt then it is a civil matter and the police would not get involved. i cant see the Australians being informed on this.its not a criminal offence,unless a fraud has been commit ed
2007-04-15 14:17:48 · answer #11 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋