Man arrested after trying to pay for petrol with a £20 COIN!

[BLOOMMAN101]

I was arrested after trying to pay for petrol with a £20 COIN! Moment cops quiz driver in 'legal tender' row

• EXCLUSIVE: A man was arrested for attempting to pay for petrol with a £20 coin 
• He took legal action that led to him being awarded £4,000

This is the moment a driver who tried to pay for petrol with a £20 coin was arrested by police at a BP garage.

The man, who goes by YouTube name Eye Spy Audit, claims he was arrested by Cleveland Police for making off without payment for using a £20 Royal Mint coin, even though he 'never left the store'.

He took legal action after the arrest, and has now been awarded £4,000.

 

 

 

more here +vid     https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12593053/I-arrested-trying-pay-petrol-20-COIN-Moment-cops-handcuff-driver-legal-tender-row.html

[James32]

Was this @stefffana?

[stefffana]

1 hour ago, BLOOMMAN101 said:

I was arrested after trying to pay for petrol with a £20 COIN! Moment cops quiz driver in 'legal tender' row

• EXCLUSIVE: A man was arrested for attempting to pay for petrol with a £20 coin 
• He took legal action that led to him being awarded £4,000

This is the moment a driver who tried to pay for petrol with a £20 coin was arrested by police at a BP garage.

The man, who goes by YouTube name Eye Spy Audit, claims he was arrested by Cleveland Police for making off without payment for using a £20 Royal Mint coin, even though he 'never left the store'.

He took legal action after the arrest, and has now been awarded £4,000.

 

 

 

more here +vid     https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12593053/I-arrested-trying-pay-petrol-20-COIN-Moment-cops-handcuff-driver-legal-tender-row.html

I've told you, guys, those ****ing coins got great potential!🤗 

 

Edit: I dunno why the filter changed "loveing" to "****ing"!

Edited October 8, 2023 by stefffana

[margin]

@stefffana with your coins and this guy’s free time could start a whole new series.

’Got Arrested at Thorpe Park’

’Detained at B&Q’

£4k off £20 isn’t too bad either

[daca]

2 hours ago, James32 said:

Was this @stefffana?

my very 1st thought 🤣

[SeverinDigsSovereigns]

1 hour ago, margin said:

@stefffana with your coins and this guy’s free time could start a whole new series.

’Got Arrested at Thorpe Park’

’Detained at B&Q’

£4k off £20 isn’t too bad either

That's instant 20000% return

[stefffana]

1 hour ago, daca said:

my very 1st thought 🤣

I love you, too!😘

[ZRPMs]

Just seen this thread. That's what I get for messing about in the garden. Late to the @stefffana party again. I've got a pile of them cupro nickel £5 coin. God know what I'm going to do with them now.

[BackyardBullion]

1 hour ago, SeverinDigsSovereigns said:

That's instant 20000% return

Not worth it at all.

Just Google the implications for the simple act of being arrested.

It can have an effect on your credit rating, international travel and much more.

Is it worth it to save £3 when you spend £20 on fuel?

[BackyardBullion]

Plus, your details are in the Police national computer and god knows what happens to that data.

[Paul]

Funny - They always seem to have a 4k hi res camera and a YouTube channel, these dark knight rogues of society when they try to pay isn't it 🤔😕

[BackyardBullion]

16 minutes ago, Paul said:

Funny - They always seem to have a 4k hi res camera and a YouTube channel, these dark knight rogues of society when they try to pay isn't it 🤔😕

Ha, yeah and he will have earned a few grand from the YouTube video probably too.

[SeverinDigsSovereigns]

3 hours ago, BackyardBullion said:

Not worth it at all.

Just Google the implications for the simple act of being arrested.

It can have an effect on your credit rating, international travel and much more.

Is it worth it to save £3 when you spend £20 on fuel?

Even when exonerated at the courts? Then he's got many more legal actions to take.

[BackyardBullion]

1 minute ago, SeverinDigsSovereigns said:

Even when exonerated at the courts? Then he's got many more legal actions to take.

Yeah, good luck with all the aggro getting your full PNC record removed.

I mean, look it's possible but it's such aggro.

[SeverinDigsSovereigns]

29 minutes ago, BackyardBullion said:

Yeah, good luck with all the aggro getting your full PNC record removed.

I mean, look it's possible but it's such aggro.

There's a full business of that kind of lawfare in this country. Also we're a common law country and the judges will have a say on these issues. That being said people are right to feel disappointed when the courts give counterintuitive sentences, but you'll need to read into their reasoning and interpretation of the laws. Some laws can be quite ambivalent giving judges chances to improvise, and this is mainly because MPs don't phrase the laws themselves, but rely on advisors and civil servants to draft them

Edited October 8, 2023 by SeverinDigsSovereigns

[modofantasma]

8 hours ago, BLOOMMAN101 said:

• EXCLUSIVE: A man was arrested for attempting to pay for petrol with a £20 coin 
• He took legal action that led to him being awarded £4,000

200x return? Hey @stefffana how many do you have? 🤣

[stefffana]

1 hour ago, modofantasma said:

200x return? Hey @stefffana how many do you have? 🤣

You wanna buy or you are only a tyre kicker?

 

[modofantasma]

8 hours ago, stefffana said:

You wanna buy or you are only a tyre kicker?

 

I already have but somebody might be suddenly keen for yours 👌🏽

[bluemoon]

Shades of Piers Corbyn's cash stunt:

That said, as much as I approve of social media stunts like this, you have to pick your battles. Paying with silver is for something much further down the road once/if we make enough progress. People should address the immediate threats for their social media awareness. This isn't it. Frankly I think we should all be making cash stunt videos and make the movement viral, then maybe we can move onto silver.

[paulmerton]

I recognised one of these youtubers at the Royal Mint Experience last year, and he said he was going to try and pay for his guided tour with one of their own £20 coins.

It wasn't accepted of course, but I found that one particularly amusing/ironic.