-G- Posted March 11, 2016 Share Posted March 11, 2016 Just as an FYI - the guy pretty much got off with it. £1000 court costs and 6 month suspended sentence. http://metro.co.uk/2015/09/14/father-who-keyed-aston-martin-while-pushing-pram-spared-jail-5391319/ The owner of the damaged car requested that he not be jailed. I'd have thrown the book at the arsehole, personally. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ekona Posted March 11, 2016 Share Posted March 11, 2016 Probably pointless making him pay much in the way of damages, as I doubt he's got the money in the first place. The repairs would've been covered by insurance anyway. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HaydnH Posted March 11, 2016 Share Posted March 11, 2016 Probably pointless making him pay much in the way of damages, as I doubt he's got the money in the first place. The repairs would've been covered by insurance anyway. As the insurance will have already paid out, it would be up to the insurance company to try and get that money back, the criminal court case would be a seperate matter so wouldn't include the £8k. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Floydbax Posted March 11, 2016 Share Posted March 11, 2016 Probably pointless making him pay much in the way of damages, as I doubt he's got the money in the first place. The repairs would've been covered by insurance anyway. = The repairs would've been covered by increases in all our insurance premiums to cover the insurance companies vast profits. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Randy_Baton Posted March 11, 2016 Share Posted March 11, 2016 Had 5 panels of my car keyed the other night, that's on top of 2 people driving into me whilst parked up overnight. All 3 incidents occurred with 6 weeks of each other. Currently waiting for Blackvue to send me a dashcam. On a side note Blackvues customer service is terrible! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WINKJ Posted March 11, 2016 Share Posted March 11, 2016 Had 5 panels of my car keyed the other night, that's on top of 2 people driving into me whilst parked up overnight. All 3 incidents occurred with 6 weeks of each other. Currently waiting for Blackvue to send me a dashcam. On a side note Blackvues customer service is terrible! off topic but terrible to hear... not much to say tbh! just sh!te Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ekona Posted March 11, 2016 Share Posted March 11, 2016 As the insurance will have already paid out, it would be up to the insurance company to try and get that money back, the criminal court case would be a seperate matter so wouldn't include the £8k. Hmmm, I see where you're going but I'm not so sure they would have. The insurer would not be able to claim from the vandal as he did not do anything to them directly, so they do not have any cause for damages. It was a business risk, nothing more. I'm trying to think of a more general example than this, but I'm struggling tbh. Yob throws a brick through your window, you claim on the insurance, yob goes to court, insurance doesn't go after yob for damages. Floydbax is more on the money, I think. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HaydnH Posted March 14, 2016 Share Posted March 14, 2016 Hmmm, I see where you're going but I'm not so sure they would have. The insurer would not be able to claim from the vandal as he did not do anything to them directly, so they do not have any cause for damages. It was a business risk, nothing more. They have caused the company a loss, so they can try and get the money back if they think it's worth the effort, it's called subrogation. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ekona Posted March 14, 2016 Share Posted March 14, 2016 Just googled that, interesting. In theory you're right, however I can't recall any cases of that ever happening so I wonder if it's something that's not applicable to this level? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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