rhydra
16-01-2009, 07:01 PM
Link. (http://www.lancashiretelegraph.co.uk/news/hyndburn/accrington/4051122.Probe_into_Accrington_pensioner_s_death_af ter_bailiff_visit_over_speeding_fine/)
A PENSIONER collapsed and died from a heart attack after being taken to a cashpoint by a bailiff to pay an overdue speeding fine.
Justice Minister and Blackburn MP Jack Straw has ordered court bosses to launch an investigation into the death of retired pub landlord Andy Miller.
The family of Mr Miller, 78, of Accrington, have told of their anger that a bailiff was sent to his house, saying it would have put him under ‘incredible duress’.
Mr Miller had been released from a two-month stay in hospital a fortnight before after suffering a heart attack at Ewood Park before a Blackburn Rovers game.
His son, Mick, 48, said the family had written to the court to explain why Mr Miller had not paid the overdue £60 speeding fine for an offence committed on the M55.
But Blackpool magistrates still gave permission for the bailiff to go to his home in India Street, Accrington.
The court also added on £290 to what Mr Miller owed in court costs.
The court is probably disappointed because they didn't get their money. Something has to be done about these bailiffs. People who have arguments with someone who drops down dead days later are done for murder, why is it when some thug drives an old man who they know has heart problems to a cash machine and he dies of a heart attack isn't even prosecuted?
It's murder, not "natural causes."
A PENSIONER collapsed and died from a heart attack after being taken to a cashpoint by a bailiff to pay an overdue speeding fine.
Justice Minister and Blackburn MP Jack Straw has ordered court bosses to launch an investigation into the death of retired pub landlord Andy Miller.
The family of Mr Miller, 78, of Accrington, have told of their anger that a bailiff was sent to his house, saying it would have put him under ‘incredible duress’.
Mr Miller had been released from a two-month stay in hospital a fortnight before after suffering a heart attack at Ewood Park before a Blackburn Rovers game.
His son, Mick, 48, said the family had written to the court to explain why Mr Miller had not paid the overdue £60 speeding fine for an offence committed on the M55.
But Blackpool magistrates still gave permission for the bailiff to go to his home in India Street, Accrington.
The court also added on £290 to what Mr Miller owed in court costs.
The court is probably disappointed because they didn't get their money. Something has to be done about these bailiffs. People who have arguments with someone who drops down dead days later are done for murder, why is it when some thug drives an old man who they know has heart problems to a cash machine and he dies of a heart attack isn't even prosecuted?
It's murder, not "natural causes."