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EXPERT OPIN N NION “I DON’T BELIEVE IT!” Mackays director Neil Mackay


to my r ogues gallery at Mackays: Mr Dremel Drill man. I rang the police to let them know I had very clear CCTV images of the crime. T and several reminders later collected the DVD.


. Two weeks rs later


Tw r,, they A while later the p r,, the pr, the police told me


that they had caught Mr Dr emel man


committing another offence


elsewher e; he had been prosecuted and sent to prison for 48 weeks. “The ff


officer said tha ficer said that it had been


decided not to further pr osecute him for stealing fr om Mackays as it was unlikely that his sentence would be incr eased. If I wanted any form of retribution I would have to take civil action myself. I was advised that ther e would be no point in doing so as the crimi -


y,, who has made it a mission to tackle retail theft, is left reeling at the response to


his attempt to convict his latest light-fingered culprit (now read the headline again in a Victor Meldrew voice) “Recently I added another member


nals rarely paid any of the fines imposed. I wanted to make it clear that Mackays would always pr os - ecute thieves and enquired how to proceed with a civil action. When the r eply came I could not have been mor e surprised or annoyed.” Good morning


I wanted to make it clear Thank you for your email. T r your email. To To request


third party data you will need to make an application to us under Section 35.2 of the Data Pr otection Act which gives you the right to r equest third party data, however,r, , it does not give you the right to r eceive it. Each case is dealt with on a case by case basis. Ideally these r equests should come to us via a legal entity,y, , however you can make the r equest as a member of the public if you wish to do so. On the request y o u must state the information required


and why you wish to apply for it i.e. legal proceedings, insurance. Please ensure you quote any reference num- bers, dates and officer details that you may for your incident to assist us in finding the requested information. There is also a non-refundable fee for this request of £85.00 payable to the PCC for Cambridgeshire. The address to send your request and payment to is: Information Rights, oburn Road,


Bedfordshire Police, Wob


Kempston, Bedford, MK43 9AX. “As you can imagine I found this r eply far fr om useful. I can’t believe am being asked to pay £85 and feel as though I am being fined for being a victim of crime.”


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