0:00:02 > 0:00:04Meet the sheriffs.
0:00:04 > 0:00:08- We're High Court enforcement officers.- We're here to execute a High Court writ.
0:00:08 > 0:00:11They're the men whose job it is to get you your money back.
0:00:11 > 0:00:13It's an arrestable offence to stop me doing my job.
0:00:13 > 0:00:16If you've been ripped off and don't know where to turn...
0:00:16 > 0:00:19- I'm not waiting any more.- I'm ordered to seize goods to clear this debt,
0:00:19 > 0:00:21which would mean clearing this place out.
0:00:21 > 0:00:25..if you've been to court but still not been paid what you're owed...
0:00:25 > 0:00:29- Why don't you just tell me who you are?- This is an absolute crock. You need to pay this.
0:00:29 > 0:00:33..the High Court enforcement officers are charged by law to recover
0:00:33 > 0:00:36- what a court says is rightfully yours.- I've seized your car, sir.
0:00:36 > 0:00:40- You can either let us through the door or we'll go through the window. - Whoa, whoa, whoa.
0:00:40 > 0:00:43- It's time to call...the sheriffs. - I've collected 42 grand.
0:00:47 > 0:00:49Coming up...
0:00:49 > 0:00:55Clive Nicholl paid £2,700 for a car which he says was dangerous.
0:00:55 > 0:01:01It was only a passing motorist who pulled my wife over and alerted her of the problem
0:01:01 > 0:01:04that stopped her possibly having a serious accident.
0:01:04 > 0:01:09The sheriffs' epic run-in with the car dealership that sold it goes beyond anything they expected.
0:01:09 > 0:01:12- You're not listening to me. - It's in your name.
0:01:12 > 0:01:16- Could you get your camera outside, please?- Don't push, don't push.
0:01:16 > 0:01:20Sheriffs Lawrence and Kev pay a return visit to a college
0:01:20 > 0:01:24which owes a former consultant over £2,000 for unpaid work.
0:01:24 > 0:01:28Can they convince them to pay up or lose their assets?
0:01:28 > 0:01:32This is five months down the line. If there was a prior...
0:01:32 > 0:01:34Don't keep interrupting me.
0:01:34 > 0:01:38And sheriff Pete goes in pursuit of over £23,000
0:01:38 > 0:01:40owed by a building company.
0:01:40 > 0:01:42Enforcement officers.
0:01:42 > 0:01:46We've got a High Court writ to attend here today.
0:01:48 > 0:01:53Hitting the road this morning are sheriffs Marc Newton and Tony Smith,
0:01:53 > 0:01:57who have an intriguing double assignment at a Surrey car garage.
0:01:57 > 0:02:01We're looking for a company called Sandhurst Bridge Cars Ltd.
0:02:01 > 0:02:03We've actually got two writs at this address.
0:02:03 > 0:02:07We've got one for Sandhurst Bridge Cars Ltd
0:02:07 > 0:02:13and one for a Sami...Alsilawi, who's the director of the company.
0:02:13 > 0:02:18For one writ it's £2,305, for the other writ it's £5,114.
0:02:18 > 0:02:23The sheriffs are visiting on behalf of two former customers of the garage
0:02:23 > 0:02:27left deeply dissatisfied with the state of the vehicles they were sold.
0:02:27 > 0:02:32We'll go there and see if they're still trading under the same name this morning
0:02:32 > 0:02:34and see if we can get a result.
0:02:36 > 0:02:40One of the people they're on their way to help is Clive Nicholl.
0:02:40 > 0:02:43He and his family came back to live in the UK from New Zealand
0:02:43 > 0:02:48after the tragedy of the Christchurch earthquake destroyed their life there.
0:02:50 > 0:02:53We lost our house, all our contents.
0:02:53 > 0:02:55Most of our contents were ruined.
0:02:55 > 0:02:58And the aftershocks kept happening
0:02:58 > 0:03:04and a few months later there was another six... magnitude six earthquake.
0:03:04 > 0:03:10And that was just too much for my wife and children and we came back to England the next day.
0:03:10 > 0:03:13Arriving in the UK, he urgently needed a car to provide
0:03:13 > 0:03:17transport for his family, including getting the children to school.
0:03:18 > 0:03:23Getting a car was absolutely essential, it was the most important thing.
0:03:23 > 0:03:28We needed a seven-seater, we needed something large, we have four children.
0:03:28 > 0:03:33He hoped the purchase would help the family get back on track with their new life in England.
0:03:33 > 0:03:36Instead, it and the dealership that sold it to him
0:03:36 > 0:03:41have caused him so many problems, he's had to go to court and to the sheriffs
0:03:41 > 0:03:45to get his money back for a car he says put his family in danger.
0:03:45 > 0:03:48It made us fearful that the kids could have been
0:03:48 > 0:03:50involved in a serious accident.
0:03:50 > 0:03:52They could have been killed. My wife too.
0:03:59 > 0:04:03Looking around for a vehicle that would transport his family,
0:04:03 > 0:04:07he came across a Volkswagen Touran at Sandhurst Bridge Cars dealership.
0:04:08 > 0:04:12The garage owner was Sami Alsilawi.
0:04:12 > 0:04:19When we visited the garage, he was very friendly, helpful, he seemed like an OK guy.
0:04:19 > 0:04:23The car seemed to be in good condition, and with a warranty to boot,
0:04:23 > 0:04:29Clive felt he had the vehicle he wanted and the security if anything went wrong.
0:04:29 > 0:04:33He paid £2,700 for it and drove it away.
0:04:33 > 0:04:36The Volkswagen Touran drove OK for about three weeks
0:04:36 > 0:04:42and then the automatic gearbox failed. It just had no power, it wouldn't engage any gears.
0:04:42 > 0:04:45Deeply unhappy with the intermittent gearbox problem,
0:04:45 > 0:04:49the Nicholls went back to the garage director to demand he address it.
0:04:50 > 0:04:53So my wife called Sami Alsilawi
0:04:53 > 0:05:00and he said, "Bring it back and I'll get my mechanics to have a look at it at their garage."
0:05:00 > 0:05:05She managed to get the car back to him, he didn't take it to his garage, he drove it around and said,
0:05:05 > 0:05:08"It's fine, there's nothing wrong with it."
0:05:08 > 0:05:12He would do nothing about it until my wife threatened to call the police.
0:05:12 > 0:05:19After Mrs Nicholl's threat, the garage boss offered to exchange it for another car - a Seat Alhambra.
0:05:19 > 0:05:23But the Seat turned out to be even worse.
0:05:23 > 0:05:28We realised the Alhambra had technical problems pretty much straight away.
0:05:28 > 0:05:34It would lose power going up hills, the heating didn't work, it would fill with water,
0:05:34 > 0:05:38and most importantly, the front wheel was really, really wobbly.
0:05:38 > 0:05:42A passing motorist flagged my wife down in panic
0:05:42 > 0:05:44because it was about to fall off.
0:05:44 > 0:05:49That car was dangerous. We could have had a serious accident.
0:05:51 > 0:05:54My wife was in the car with our four children,
0:05:54 > 0:05:58and that made us really angry, that he can sell us a car like that,
0:05:58 > 0:06:02and also fearful of their lives.
0:06:04 > 0:06:06It has many faults.
0:06:06 > 0:06:08We took it to the Seat garage
0:06:08 > 0:06:11and they spent half a day looking at all the problems
0:06:11 > 0:06:14and there are more they didn't have time to investigate.
0:06:14 > 0:06:15The back door doesn't shut properly,
0:06:15 > 0:06:20both the front door switches are broken, which means the central locking doesn't work,
0:06:20 > 0:06:22and the car can lock itself.
0:06:22 > 0:06:25If your keys are in the car and you close the door...
0:06:25 > 0:06:27That happened a few times.
0:06:27 > 0:06:35And the engine, it turns out the turbo charger had seized up. It needs a new turbo.
0:06:37 > 0:06:41Both Clive and his wife tried to get back in touch with Mr Alsilawi.
0:06:41 > 0:06:44He said he'd send them a warranty for the car.
0:06:44 > 0:06:47We waited for that and it didn't come.
0:06:47 > 0:06:50My wife had to keep texting, saying, "Where is it?",
0:06:50 > 0:06:54and he made excuses and then he wouldn't answer our calls.
0:06:56 > 0:06:59After a month of waiting, the warranty finally arrived.
0:07:01 > 0:07:07My wife rang up the warranty company to get the car fixed. It turned out that hadn't been registered
0:07:07 > 0:07:12and was invalid anyway because the faults were pre-existing.
0:07:12 > 0:07:15When he refused to answer our calls any more,
0:07:15 > 0:07:19the only way he would communicate with us was via text messages.
0:07:19 > 0:07:24Even then he would deny knowing us, ask who we were.
0:07:24 > 0:07:30The last resort was when he accused us of breaking both cars and driving the Alhambra to distraction point.
0:07:30 > 0:07:33That was his words.
0:07:33 > 0:07:37We figured, what could we do? We had to take it further.
0:07:37 > 0:07:43They took Sandhurst Bridge Cars' director, Sami Alsilawi, to court.
0:07:43 > 0:07:47He didn't contest the case and the court ordered him
0:07:47 > 0:07:51to pay the Nicholls £3,300. But since then, no money's been paid.
0:07:52 > 0:07:57Their only hope of getting their money back now rests with the sheriffs.
0:07:57 > 0:07:58Sandhurst Bridge Cars.
0:07:59 > 0:08:03Arriving at the address, Marc and Tony are enforcing two writs today -
0:08:03 > 0:08:07Clive's, which is in Sami Alsilawi's name, personally,
0:08:07 > 0:08:10and a second one, also from a disgruntled customer,
0:08:10 > 0:08:15but in the company's name - Sandhurst Bridge Cars.
0:08:15 > 0:08:20It's time for Marc and Tony to make their presence felt.
0:08:20 > 0:08:26Guv'nor about? We've got a writ for this Sandhurst Bridge Cars Ltd.
0:08:26 > 0:08:31- Yeah?- Yeah?- Are you the owner?- No. I work here.- You just work here.
0:08:31 > 0:08:35- Is he about?- At the moment, no here.
0:08:35 > 0:08:38Can you get him on the phone?
0:08:38 > 0:08:44We're from the High Court, tell him. Sheriffs from the High Court, yeah?
0:08:44 > 0:08:49As the employee calls the garage boss, Marc and Tony head inside to explore his office.
0:08:49 > 0:08:52- Is he phoning him? - Yeah, he's ringing him now.
0:08:54 > 0:08:58Soon after, the employee returns with his boss on the phone.
0:08:59 > 0:09:02Hello? Yes, it's about a High Court writ that's been issued.
0:09:03 > 0:09:07The man on the phone is not the defendant, Sami Alsilawi.
0:09:07 > 0:09:13Instead, he claims to be the boss of a different company, Yorktown Motors Ltd,
0:09:13 > 0:09:15now based at the garage.
0:09:15 > 0:09:19He claims this company has been trading in place of Sandhurst Bridge Cars
0:09:19 > 0:09:21for the last three weeks.
0:09:21 > 0:09:23So what's it called now?
0:09:24 > 0:09:27Yorktown. OK.
0:09:27 > 0:09:30So why is there card payments, credit card slips,
0:09:30 > 0:09:34for Sandhurst Bridge Motors? It was done on the 18th. That's, like, last week.
0:09:34 > 0:09:39There seems to be a lot of stuff lying around for Sandhurst Bridge Motors considering they're not here.
0:09:39 > 0:09:43They have got their stuff here, because I'm seeing it in front of me.
0:09:43 > 0:09:47You got your Companies House certificate, then? Yeah?
0:09:49 > 0:09:52Yeah, where's your certificate? The guy's pointing somewhere.
0:09:54 > 0:09:57Right, yeah, I've got a Yorktown Motors sign.
0:09:57 > 0:10:02The employee seems eager to help, but this isn't the official documentation
0:10:02 > 0:10:06confirming the change of company name that Marc wanted to see.
0:10:06 > 0:10:07Yeah, I can see the sign.
0:10:07 > 0:10:12Just cos there's a sign here doesn't mean it's a different company.
0:10:13 > 0:10:18The Yorktown Motors boss claims never to have heard of Sami Alsilawi
0:10:18 > 0:10:22and that the two debts are nothing to do with his new business.
0:10:22 > 0:10:24Marc's far from convinced.
0:10:24 > 0:10:29If I find out it is something to do with you, we will be charging you waiting time.
0:10:29 > 0:10:31I'm not leaving the building. OK?
0:10:31 > 0:10:33All right, thank you. Bye-bye.
0:10:35 > 0:10:40There's nothing for Yorktown Motors apart from the sign, which is tucked up behind there.
0:10:40 > 0:10:44If the sheriffs can prove Sandhurst Bridge Cars is still trading there
0:10:44 > 0:10:49and there are assets in its name, or in Sami Alsilawi's personally,
0:10:49 > 0:10:53these can be seized and sold to pay Clive's debt - and that of the second writ.
0:10:55 > 0:10:58Keep digging through them drawers, Tone.
0:10:58 > 0:11:04Sheriffs have the power to examine documents relating to any High Court writ they're asked to enforce.
0:11:04 > 0:11:06To Marc and Tony's experienced eyes,
0:11:06 > 0:11:09this office is proving a treasure trove of clues,
0:11:09 > 0:11:13suggesting Sandhurst Bridge Cars is very much still in business.
0:11:17 > 0:11:21Marc checks the chip and PIN machine for a record of what's been sold.
0:11:21 > 0:11:25The last transaction was seven days ago. Done from Sandhurst Bridge Cars.
0:11:25 > 0:11:30He said they went three weeks ago but obviously they've left their card machine here.
0:11:30 > 0:11:32It's just... It doesn't add up.
0:11:32 > 0:11:35Then Marc checks the Sandhurst Bridge Cars website...and gets a surprise.
0:11:35 > 0:11:41Since the sheriffs arrived, someone's made some changes.
0:11:41 > 0:11:45I checked it a half an hour before we came here and it was Sandhurst Bridge cars.
0:11:45 > 0:11:48I have just gone on it then and it now says Yorktown Motors.
0:11:48 > 0:11:53It's exactly the same website with the same numbers and everything but the heading is just changed.
0:11:53 > 0:11:56With no sign of either the Yorktown Motors boss or Sami Alsilawi,
0:11:56 > 0:12:02and the evidence mounting, Marc decides to go on the offensive.
0:12:02 > 0:12:06He's got some awkward questions for the employee left holding the fort.
0:12:06 > 0:12:09They've left their card machine behind and his bank book.
0:12:09 > 0:12:12Hang on. This was done three days ago.
0:12:12 > 0:12:15This was done just over a week ago.
0:12:15 > 0:12:18Again, same address. Card machine, which is that card machine.
0:12:18 > 0:12:23Or are you telling me that he's done it from another address and then brought everything back here?
0:12:23 > 0:12:26Somebody's telling me lies, aren't they?
0:12:26 > 0:12:29What we're going to do is, we're going to seize a car to cover this debt.
0:12:36 > 0:12:40No, no, no, no. We don't leave it today, unfortunately.
0:12:40 > 0:12:44To collect Clive's debt in company director Sami Alsilawi's personal name,
0:12:44 > 0:12:48they need to find proof of assets registered to him.
0:12:48 > 0:12:54- Black Audi out there.- YHA5, isn't it, something like that?- YHA3?- Yeah.
0:12:54 > 0:13:01There you are. Bought at British Car Auctions by Sami Alsilawi on the 23rd of the 11th, '12.
0:13:01 > 0:13:05It's exactly what they were looking for, a receipt for a vehicle
0:13:05 > 0:13:09bought by none other than Sami Alsilawi just four days ago.
0:13:10 > 0:13:14An Audi that's sat on the forecourt.
0:13:14 > 0:13:19With no-one seemingly willing to give them a straight answer, and no sign of Mr Alsilawi,
0:13:19 > 0:13:23the sheriffs decide to take this enforcement up a level.
0:13:25 > 0:13:28Got one.
0:13:28 > 0:13:31Lock. Marc, we've got a lock.
0:13:31 > 0:13:36Unless they get the money they've come for, this car will be leaving with the sheriffs.
0:13:37 > 0:13:42And, as an extra precaution, they block the forecourt entrance too.
0:13:42 > 0:13:49The startled employee gets the boss of Yorktown Motors back on the phone for round two with Marc.
0:13:49 > 0:13:54This time, the boss admits he does know Sami Alsilawi after all.
0:13:54 > 0:13:58We've got some cars here that were bought by Sami, who's the director of Sandhurst Bridge Cars.
0:13:58 > 0:14:02You told me you was nothing to do with him and you bought all the cars from auctions
0:14:02 > 0:14:04and you had nothing to do with the old company.
0:14:04 > 0:14:07The Yorktown Motors boss now claims he in fact bought
0:14:07 > 0:14:10some of the cars on his forecourt from Sami a week ago.
0:14:10 > 0:14:13But there's still a problem.
0:14:13 > 0:14:15Marc's got a receipt in front of him
0:14:15 > 0:14:19which shows Sami himself bought the cars far more recently than that.
0:14:19 > 0:14:24How did you buy the car off him three days before he bought the car?
0:14:24 > 0:14:27The dates just aren't adding up for Marc.
0:14:27 > 0:14:32It's gone from three weeks, yeah, to one week
0:14:32 > 0:14:34and now we're saying it's three days.
0:14:34 > 0:14:38Is that what you're telling me? You're getting confused between three weeks and three days?
0:14:38 > 0:14:40Right, bye-bye.
0:14:40 > 0:14:46The call ends with the Yorktown Motors boss still claiming, despite his confusion over the dates,
0:14:46 > 0:14:52he did buy the cars from Sami, paying in cash, so unfortunately there's no paper trail for the deal.
0:14:52 > 0:14:56Well, why don't you ring him up? Because obviously you know him.
0:14:56 > 0:15:00A fired-up Marc's attention now turns back to the luckless employee
0:15:00 > 0:15:02stuck in the office with him.
0:15:02 > 0:15:08Receipts for cars bought four days ago in the name of the director for Sandhurst Bridge Cars Ltd, OK?
0:15:08 > 0:15:12I have a writ for the director of Sandhurst Bridge Cars Ltd. Yeah?
0:15:12 > 0:15:15- Yeah.- I'm seizing that car.
0:15:15 > 0:15:18Do you want me to keep going through these files and find more stuff?
0:15:18 > 0:15:22That was bought three days ago by Sandhurst Bridge Cars.
0:15:22 > 0:15:27That was sold by Sandhurst Bridge Cars. Do you want me to keep going?
0:15:27 > 0:15:30Or do you want to just get the guy here?
0:15:30 > 0:15:36The employee leaves the Portakabin to make another phone call, as Marc continues his detective work.
0:15:36 > 0:15:39And he soon finds something important.
0:15:39 > 0:15:43What have you found now, private eye?
0:15:43 > 0:15:46It's like Morse and Lewis, innit?
0:15:46 > 0:15:49Yeah, that's the MOT and the logbook for that. Try that.
0:15:49 > 0:15:52I think that's the keys to the Audi. If it is, put them in your pocket.
0:15:56 > 0:15:58Yeah.
0:15:59 > 0:16:02With the car keys in hand and still no sign of
0:16:02 > 0:16:06the boss of either Sandhurst Bridge Cars or Yorktown Motors,
0:16:06 > 0:16:09it's time for an ultimatum.
0:16:09 > 0:16:13We're going to have to call the tow truck. Which I don't want to do.
0:16:13 > 0:16:18- No, no. He's coming.- OK. So if he comes and pays, he's going to have to pay for the tow truck.
0:16:18 > 0:16:21Whether the man's really coming or not,
0:16:21 > 0:16:26Marc's determined to push on with the enforcement and now calls the tow truck.
0:16:26 > 0:16:28Yeah, it's an Audi A4 convertible.
0:16:28 > 0:16:32Yeah, I've got the keys, got the logbook, got the MOT.
0:16:32 > 0:16:38OK? It's a race now, who turns up first, him or the tow truck.
0:16:39 > 0:16:43Whether Marc is able to take the Audi away, or whether Sami Alsilawi
0:16:43 > 0:16:48can prove he's sold it and has no assets at the garage,
0:16:48 > 0:16:49we'll find out later.
0:16:49 > 0:16:52That is your car, I don't care what you say, and it's going.
0:16:52 > 0:16:54It's not going, no. I sold it.
0:17:01 > 0:17:05Today, sheriffs Lawrence Grix and Kev McNally are in London
0:17:05 > 0:17:09on their way for a return visit to a college that hasn't paid its debts.
0:17:12 > 0:17:19We're off to Hayes in Middlesex, to Genius Tuition. It's actually a college that we've been to before.
0:17:20 > 0:17:27Earlier in the series, we featured the story of freelance marketing consultant Louisa Nightingale.
0:17:27 > 0:17:29She was employed by Jatinder Kaur
0:17:29 > 0:17:33to carry out work for the College of Accountancy and Management Studies
0:17:33 > 0:17:36and its sister business, Genius Tuition, to try and help them
0:17:36 > 0:17:37attract more students.
0:17:39 > 0:17:45Did loads of work for them, thought of these plans that we can draw up of things to help the college.
0:17:45 > 0:17:49But despite putting in long hours and hard work, she was never paid.
0:17:49 > 0:17:54It got to the point where they then started to say, "We don't actually have any money."
0:17:54 > 0:17:57So I just thought, "OK, this isn't good."
0:17:57 > 0:18:02You can't hire someone and you just can't not pay them!
0:18:02 > 0:18:05Five months previously, Lawrence and Kev visited the college
0:18:05 > 0:18:09to chase up two judgment debts Louisa had won through the courts.
0:18:09 > 0:18:13One was against the College of Accountancy and Management Studies,
0:18:13 > 0:18:18and the other against Genius Tuition, both based at the same address.
0:18:18 > 0:18:21At first they refused to pay, claiming they couldn't afford to.
0:18:21 > 0:18:25But, on Louisa's behalf, Lawrence was having none of it.
0:18:25 > 0:18:28My belief is, the only way to satisfy this writ
0:18:28 > 0:18:32is to remove the goods today, unless payment is received in full.
0:18:32 > 0:18:35Lawrence's tough line had the desired effect. A paid-in-full.
0:18:35 > 0:18:39But only for one of the writs.
0:18:39 > 0:18:44The second judgment, against Genius Tuition, remained unpaid.
0:18:44 > 0:18:47And five months on, it's still outstanding.
0:18:47 > 0:18:50So now Lawrence and Kev are going back.
0:18:51 > 0:18:56Last time, they seized goods on paper against Genius Tuition's outstanding debt.
0:18:56 > 0:19:01And today, it's payment in full or those goods will be removed.
0:19:01 > 0:19:04Hi there. My name's Mr Grix, I'm an enforcement officer.
0:19:04 > 0:19:08I've got a High Court writ to execute against Genius Tuition.
0:19:08 > 0:19:13We have been here before and basically seized all the assets of the college.
0:19:13 > 0:19:16At this point, our cameraman is asked to stay outside.
0:19:19 > 0:19:21Lawrence gets straight to the point.
0:19:21 > 0:19:27He wants to talk to the boss, Jatinder Kaur, about why he's there and what he plans to do.
0:19:27 > 0:19:32Can we see if we can chase her up on the phone? We need to be cracking on. Is she on her way?
0:19:32 > 0:19:36The receptionist gets Jatinder Kaur on the phone.
0:19:36 > 0:19:39That's the director, isn't it, on the phone. But she won't come down here.
0:19:39 > 0:19:45She's ringing round, trying to do everything else, other than come here and sort it out.
0:19:45 > 0:19:48Jatinder passes on a message via the receptionist.
0:19:48 > 0:19:51She claims the goods Lawrence previously seized
0:19:51 > 0:19:56belong to the College of Accountancy and Management Studies and not Genius Tuition.
0:19:56 > 0:20:02If the goods belong to CAMS, she should have claimed them within the five days, as prescribed.
0:20:02 > 0:20:06No disrespect to yourself, you're in an awkward situation here.
0:20:06 > 0:20:11It's futile me relaying things through you that she is just going to argue about.
0:20:11 > 0:20:15She didn't come down here herself last time. She didn't deal with it last time.
0:20:15 > 0:20:17She hasn't dealt with it in the five months.
0:20:17 > 0:20:23We seized the entire contents of this college last time we were here, in July.
0:20:23 > 0:20:28Again, no disrespect to yourself, I'm not going to keep relaying messages through you.
0:20:28 > 0:20:33She needs to come down here and get this sorted out or we're going to have the van up to the doors
0:20:33 > 0:20:36and we're going to start emptying the place.
0:20:36 > 0:20:38With Lawrence not mincing his words,
0:20:38 > 0:20:44- it's not long before the boss, Jatinder Kaur, finally gets on the phone to him.- Hello there.
0:20:44 > 0:20:49She says that Genius Tuition has no assets, has never owned any property in the building
0:20:49 > 0:20:53and that if Lawrence doesn't back off, she's going to call the police.
0:20:53 > 0:20:56You can do. I've not got an issue with that at all.
0:20:56 > 0:21:01Are you going to let me get a word in? Are you going to let me get a word in?
0:21:03 > 0:21:07The boss continues to insist Lawrence can't take the goods he previously seized.
0:21:07 > 0:21:13But five months on from his seizure, Lawrence isn't prepared to wait any longer to remove goods.
0:21:15 > 0:21:18Right, the documentation I left last time for Genius Tuition,
0:21:18 > 0:21:22whereby all the goods within the premises were seized,
0:21:22 > 0:21:26you should have addressed that. Are you going to let me finish?
0:21:27 > 0:21:31Right, the paperwork I left said you had five days to notify
0:21:31 > 0:21:34the owners of those goods so that they could submit
0:21:34 > 0:21:38a third-party claim in accordance with RSC order 17. Now, this is...
0:21:38 > 0:21:42No, let me finish. Let me finish. Let me finish.
0:21:42 > 0:21:47This is five months down the line. If there was a prior...
0:21:47 > 0:21:50Don't keep interrupting me.
0:21:50 > 0:21:54Having had enough of being talked over, Lawrence hangs up.
0:21:54 > 0:21:56I will not be continually interrupted.
0:21:56 > 0:22:00I've terminated the call because she wouldn't let me get a word in edgeways.
0:22:00 > 0:22:04I think she might be calling the police. I don't have a problem with that at all.
0:22:04 > 0:22:07You need to start backing your computers up.
0:22:07 > 0:22:11Kev's not one for waiting around, and wants to get moving on the enforcement.
0:22:11 > 0:22:17- I think I might get the van and start getting stuff out towards it, I think.- Yeah.
0:22:17 > 0:22:24With Lawrence standing his ground and Kev about to move the van, Genius Tuition finally cracks.
0:22:27 > 0:22:32- Hello?- The boss, Jatinder Kaur, agrees to pay the second debt.
0:22:32 > 0:22:36No, we can't do a cardholder-not-present transaction.
0:22:36 > 0:22:42Right, so have you got the bank details, have you? OK. Thank you. Bye-bye.
0:22:43 > 0:22:48With the money going through, it's payment in full for the sheriffs.
0:22:48 > 0:22:52And that's it, we're done, we'll leave you in peace now. Bye-bye.
0:22:54 > 0:22:56Collected full payment on that one.
0:22:56 > 0:22:59The lady was a bit argumentative on the phone.
0:22:59 > 0:23:05Once again, she wouldn't come down, she was getting other people to deal with it for her.
0:23:05 > 0:23:08Claims that none of the stuff was owned by Genius Tuition,
0:23:08 > 0:23:12but she's had five months to claim it on behalf of her other company
0:23:12 > 0:23:15or inform other owners of the claim to the goods.
0:23:15 > 0:23:19Nothing had happened so I told her I'd be removing it
0:23:19 > 0:23:22and basically she did a bank transfer for the full amount.
0:23:22 > 0:23:25So we've collected in full on it. Happy days.
0:23:25 > 0:23:28It's a great result for Lawrence
0:23:28 > 0:23:31and more importantly form Louisa Nightingale
0:23:31 > 0:23:34who, having taken the daunting step of going through the courts
0:23:34 > 0:23:35to get what she is owed,
0:23:35 > 0:23:39is finally going to get all the money that's rightfully hers.
0:23:47 > 0:23:49Back at the Surrey car dealership,
0:23:49 > 0:23:54two hours after they arrived, sheriffs Marc and Tony are still waiting around.
0:23:57 > 0:23:58Waiting around.
0:23:58 > 0:24:04They're on a mission to collect £3,300 owed to Clive Nicholl,
0:24:04 > 0:24:08who bought a faulty car from car dealer Sami Alsilawi.
0:24:08 > 0:24:10We took it to a Seat garage
0:24:10 > 0:24:13and they spent half a day looking at all the problems
0:24:13 > 0:24:17and there are still more they didn't have time to investigate.
0:24:17 > 0:24:20So far the sheriffs have had no direct contact with Sami,
0:24:20 > 0:24:23but they have found a car he bought four days earlier.
0:24:25 > 0:24:27Tony clamped it and they've called a tow truck.
0:24:27 > 0:24:29Marc, we've got a lock.
0:24:29 > 0:24:33But they've got a problem. A second man, who's on his way down to see them,
0:24:33 > 0:24:37is claiming he has bought the garage and its vehicles from Mr Alsilawi
0:24:37 > 0:24:42and now runs a different business from the premises, Yorktown Motors.
0:24:42 > 0:24:46If he's right, Marc and Tony will be leaving with nothing.
0:24:46 > 0:24:51They wait to see what arrives first, the tow truck or Yorktown Motors' boss.
0:24:51 > 0:24:53What we got here?
0:24:53 > 0:24:56Someone here.
0:24:56 > 0:25:01Finally, a car arrives. It's the boss of Yorktown Motors.
0:25:01 > 0:25:06- You all right?- He gets a warm welcome from Marc, who has a few things he wants to clear up.
0:25:08 > 0:25:11You did tell me, when I first spoke to you, you had nothing to do
0:25:11 > 0:25:14with him, you didn't know who they were, it was an empty yard.
0:25:14 > 0:25:16But he bought that car on Friday last week.
0:25:16 > 0:25:18Yes, I bought it cash from him.
0:25:18 > 0:25:23- No, but why would he go and buy a car on Friday when he's no longer trading?- You can ask him.
0:25:23 > 0:25:27You need to get him on the phone, because we're going to seize the vehicle.
0:25:27 > 0:25:32Why don't we just stop telling lies? Let's go in here and have a look at some receipts, shall we?
0:25:32 > 0:25:34OK, because there's receipts for sales of cars.
0:25:34 > 0:25:37This car was bought last week, yeah?
0:25:37 > 0:25:43This one...was last week. Or just over a week ago, actually.
0:25:43 > 0:25:47Suddenly, another man appears who isn't best pleased to see our camera.
0:25:47 > 0:25:49- Don't push, don't push, don't push.- I'm not pushing.
0:25:49 > 0:25:52And he wants the sheriffs out, too.
0:25:52 > 0:25:54- Could you please leave the premises, guys?- No.
0:25:54 > 0:25:57- Sandhurst Bridge Cars, they're not here.- No. You need to pay the debt.
0:25:57 > 0:26:01It's the director of Sandhurst Bridge Cars, Sami Alsilawi.
0:26:01 > 0:26:07Straightaway, he says he's not interested in paying and that his business is no longer there.
0:26:07 > 0:26:09Where does it say that?
0:26:09 > 0:26:11But Marc's not beaten that easily.
0:26:11 > 0:26:15He points out that Clive's writ is in Sami's personal name,
0:26:15 > 0:26:19- as, he believes, is the Audi they've clamped.- It's in your name.
0:26:19 > 0:26:23- But it's Sandhurst Bridge Cars. It's not Sami.- Where does it say?
0:26:23 > 0:26:27Sandhurst Bridge Cars. I was the company director.
0:26:27 > 0:26:32- But it's in your name.- It's a limited company.- It's in your name.
0:26:32 > 0:26:36- It's limited liability. - There is no "limited" on that.
0:26:36 > 0:26:38It doesn't say that on there, does it?
0:26:38 > 0:26:42We keep filming as the argument continues on the forecourt.
0:26:42 > 0:26:45- OK, the car's going. - The car can't go anywhere.
0:26:45 > 0:26:47- The car belongs to this gentleman, not to me.- This car is going.- No.
0:26:47 > 0:26:53- OK, I'm not going to argue with you, I'm going to tell you. The car is going unless the money is paid.- No.
0:26:53 > 0:26:57Sami tells Marc the garage website backs up his story
0:26:57 > 0:27:00that the garage operating is now a different company.
0:27:00 > 0:27:04- You go online.- I know, because you changed the website this morning.
0:27:04 > 0:27:08- I'm not stupid. Don't treat me like an id...- You can't change a website in a second.- Yes, you can.
0:27:08 > 0:27:11Having seen for himself the business name on the website
0:27:11 > 0:27:16conveniently change over the course of the morning, Marc's not that easily fooled.
0:27:17 > 0:27:20But it's not deterring Sami, who even has a simple explanation
0:27:20 > 0:27:24for what he's doing at the garage he claims no longer to run.
0:27:24 > 0:27:30- I'm coming to buy a car.- OK, well, you bought five cars on Friday. Why don't you go in one of them?
0:27:30 > 0:27:32Backed up with a rather large prop.
0:27:32 > 0:27:36It's not Sandhurst Bridge Cars. Sandhurst Bridge Cars has moved out.
0:27:36 > 0:27:40Sami, just because you've shown me a sign doesn't mean it's nothing to do with you.
0:27:40 > 0:27:43- You go and do your homework and come back later.- I've done my homework.
0:27:43 > 0:27:46- We've done our homework. - I'm not going away.
0:27:46 > 0:27:50Suddenly Sami wants to speak to us. He continues to dispute the court's judgment,
0:27:50 > 0:27:55saying he doesn't believe it should ever have been brought against Sandhurst Bridge Cars.
0:27:55 > 0:27:58I went to court and I said to the court that it's not my company.
0:27:58 > 0:28:04My company was established in September 2011, and it's still down to me.
0:28:04 > 0:28:07Company used to be here called Johnny cars, or whatever,
0:28:07 > 0:28:09and my company started in September last year.
0:28:09 > 0:28:13His defence is one that was rejected by the court.
0:28:13 > 0:28:17Sami is convinced there's no way the writ can be in his name personally.
0:28:17 > 0:28:20- It's not in my name. - It is in your name.
0:28:20 > 0:28:25But all that Marc and Tony need to know is on the High Court writ, in black and white.
0:28:25 > 0:28:29Read the line which says "defendant". What does the first bit say?
0:28:30 > 0:28:35- Sami Alsilawi, yes.- It's in your name.- But it's not my car.
0:28:35 > 0:28:38Sami, you're not listening to me. It's not in the company name.
0:28:38 > 0:28:40- It's in your name. - We're going round in circles.
0:28:40 > 0:28:43That is your car, I don't care what you say, and it's going.
0:28:43 > 0:28:47- It's not going, no. I sold it to him.- It is going. It's going.
0:28:47 > 0:28:49- It's not going.- It's going.
0:28:49 > 0:28:51I can't get a word in. It's ridiculous.
0:28:51 > 0:28:55- It's one of them I don't want to listen.- Yeah, you just don't want to listen to what he's saying.
0:28:55 > 0:28:58Getting nowhere with Sami Alsilawi,
0:28:58 > 0:29:01Marc turns his attention to the Yorktown Motors boss
0:29:01 > 0:29:04who Sami claims bought the seized car from him.
0:29:04 > 0:29:06When I originally spoke to you this morning,
0:29:06 > 0:29:09you knew nothing about Sandhurst Bridge Cars. You didn't know Sami.
0:29:09 > 0:29:12- Why did you tell me lies from the beginning?- I'm not lying.
0:29:12 > 0:29:15- Well, you have lied. You lied to me this morning.- No. - You told me you knew nothing of it.
0:29:15 > 0:29:18You said you took over this yard, it was an empty yard.
0:29:18 > 0:29:20- Because I was driving. - That doesn't make... No. No.
0:29:20 > 0:29:23- I was focusing on the road. In the rain.- You were focusing on the road?
0:29:23 > 0:29:26So, because it's raining, you thought you had an empty yard
0:29:26 > 0:29:29- but now it turns out you had a full yard.- Yes. If police catch me I get three points.- OK!
0:29:29 > 0:29:31But his story's not much help either.
0:29:31 > 0:29:33Unbelievable.
0:29:33 > 0:29:37The reason he didn't know him this morning, Tone... You'll like this one.
0:29:37 > 0:29:40..because it was raining when he was driving and he got confused!
0:29:44 > 0:29:48While Sami and the Yorktown Motors boss head off for a private word,
0:29:48 > 0:29:53Marc and Tony await the arrival of the tow truck and savour some peace and quiet.
0:29:53 > 0:29:57I'm not interested any more. I'm not interested. The car's going.
0:29:57 > 0:30:02Unless he wants to shell out for it, it's going. You do it the easy way or you do it the hard way.
0:30:02 > 0:30:06Well, we'll just have to call the police, won't we, if he's doing that.
0:30:06 > 0:30:11- But I don't want to go down that route.- No. My legs are aching now because they're getting cold.
0:30:11 > 0:30:15But it's not long before the car dealers are back
0:30:15 > 0:30:21and this time Sami has suddenly found proof that he did sell the Audi to Yorktown Motors
0:30:21 > 0:30:23and no longer owns it. A receipt.
0:30:23 > 0:30:27- No, you didn't. You've just done it. - Yeah, well, it's a receipt.- No.
0:30:27 > 0:30:31- We're not idiots. All right?- This is a receipt.- Now you're insulting us.
0:30:31 > 0:30:34- Don't treat me like an idiot. You've just done the receipt. - Doesn't matter.
0:30:34 > 0:30:38- It does matter.- It's 25 November. This is proof it's his car.
0:30:38 > 0:30:42- This is proof it's his ownership. - No. Doesn't prove his ownership.
0:30:42 > 0:30:46- Doesn't prove his ownership. - Don't treat us like idiots, please.
0:30:46 > 0:30:51With the sheriffs' patience being stretched to the limit, finally the tow truck arrives.
0:30:52 > 0:30:55Are you all right, guys? How you doing?
0:30:55 > 0:30:57Right, it's in there. But I'll just... I'm a bit...
0:30:57 > 0:31:01We need to make sure... Because I think they're going to try and stop us taking it out.
0:31:01 > 0:31:03Marc isn't prepared to argue any more.
0:31:03 > 0:31:06He just wants the car so he can get Clive Nicholl
0:31:06 > 0:31:09and his family the money that's rightfully theirs.
0:31:09 > 0:31:12- Well, we're going to take the car. - You're not taking the car.
0:31:12 > 0:31:16- You're not taking the car. - I'm taking the car.- You're not taking the car.
0:31:16 > 0:31:17This car is for this gentleman.
0:31:17 > 0:31:22I'm not going to get into a stupid argument or a stupid fight over this. We'll just call the police.
0:31:22 > 0:31:25- Call the police, that's fine. - And then...
0:31:25 > 0:31:28Just purely to stop a breach of the peace with you, yeah? OK.
0:31:28 > 0:31:31Hello. Can I have the police, please?
0:31:31 > 0:31:34With the tow truck waiting and the situation liable to get
0:31:34 > 0:31:39out of hand, Marc decides he has no choice but to call for back-up.
0:31:39 > 0:31:41Well, you just read it out.
0:31:41 > 0:31:46Later, we'll see if Marc can leave the garage with either the money he's after or the Audi.
0:31:47 > 0:31:49Go on, run me over.
0:31:53 > 0:32:00Sheriffs have collected almost £200 million of unpaid court judgments in the last three years.
0:32:00 > 0:32:01There's your receipt for that.
0:32:01 > 0:32:04One of the most powerful tools at their disposal,
0:32:04 > 0:32:09and part of the reason for their high rate of success, is the power they have to seize assets.
0:32:09 > 0:32:13I now believe the goods to be in jeopardy, so I will be removing them today.
0:32:13 > 0:32:18Although the sheriffs have seized everything from planes to diamonds,
0:32:18 > 0:32:22removing goods is rare, happening in less than 1% of cases.
0:32:22 > 0:32:26We are the last-chance saloon to prevent your goods being removed.
0:32:26 > 0:32:29But the threat of it is ever-present when the sheriffs enforce,
0:32:29 > 0:32:32and more often than not gets results.
0:32:32 > 0:32:36Well, perhaps you need to tell him that the cars are going to be going off his forecourt.
0:32:36 > 0:32:42These days, a High Court writ costs £60. If the sheriffs are successful, there's nothing more to pay.
0:32:42 > 0:32:46If they're unsuccessful, the only cost is a £60 admin fee.
0:32:46 > 0:32:48- See how easy this job is?- We're off.
0:32:59 > 0:33:03Today, sheriffs Pete Spencer and Dave Crabtree are in Lancashire
0:33:03 > 0:33:06on their way to chase up a debt owed by a building contractor.
0:33:08 > 0:33:12We're off to a company, Bailey Developments NW Ltd,
0:33:12 > 0:33:15in Clitheroe, Lancashire, this morning.
0:33:15 > 0:33:22And their total due today is £23,650 and 38 pence.
0:33:22 > 0:33:27It is an industrial unit, so I'd assume they're going to be opening at 9am,
0:33:27 > 0:33:33or there should be somebody there when we arrive this morning. We'll find out when they get there.
0:33:33 > 0:33:37The people they're on their way to help, who don't wish to be identified,
0:33:37 > 0:33:41carried out work for the company but only got part of the money they were owed.
0:33:41 > 0:33:46The case went to court, but Bailey Developments didn't contest it.
0:33:46 > 0:33:49The court ordered them to pay nearly £30,000.
0:33:49 > 0:33:52But so far, most of it remains outstanding.
0:33:52 > 0:33:58There's a credit on my paper showing £7,000 payment already,
0:33:58 > 0:34:02so obviously they have paid something.
0:34:02 > 0:34:06That's the place there, just on the right-hand side.
0:34:06 > 0:34:10So it's up to Pete and Dave to make sure it's paid.
0:34:10 > 0:34:15Writ in hand, Pete and Dave park up and head in.
0:34:15 > 0:34:19It's not often they go about collecting such large debts.
0:34:19 > 0:34:23But, big or small, Pete's determined to collect any debt that comes his way.
0:34:24 > 0:34:28Time to ask for £23,000.
0:34:28 > 0:34:34Good morning. Enforcement officers. We've got a High Court writ to attend here today.
0:34:34 > 0:34:37The sheriffs have barely made it through the door
0:34:37 > 0:34:39when we're asked to stay outside.
0:34:40 > 0:34:44Inside, Pete gets straight down to business,
0:34:44 > 0:34:47outlining why he's there and what he's come to collect.
0:34:47 > 0:34:50We've got a High Court writ to attend here today.
0:34:50 > 0:34:54This got moved up as of the 1st of the 11th to the High Court.
0:34:54 > 0:34:58Inside, Bailey Developments don't take long to realise
0:34:58 > 0:35:01this is a debt that should have been settled a long time ago.
0:35:01 > 0:35:05Despite the size of the debt owed, they agree to pay up.
0:35:05 > 0:35:10Their only challenge now is to find a way to pay.
0:35:10 > 0:35:14Soon after, a very pleased Pete emerges.
0:35:15 > 0:35:21Been in and spoken to the lady that's running the company. She hasn't got the full amount today.
0:35:21 > 0:35:28What we've done is, we've done an inventory sheet and seized goods at the property.
0:35:28 > 0:35:33In the meantime, she has made a bank transfer, immediate payment of £5,000 today.
0:35:34 > 0:35:42Then she's followed that up with a £10,000 payment on Monday and then a remainder payment four days later.
0:35:42 > 0:35:49So hopefully by next week it'll be payment in full, of £23,650.38.
0:35:49 > 0:35:51Not a bad morning's work.
0:35:51 > 0:35:57£5,000 in the bank with over £18,000 guaranteed to follow.
0:35:57 > 0:35:58A good day for Pete
0:35:58 > 0:36:04and an even better one for the people owed the money.
0:36:04 > 0:36:09Bailey Developments apologised for any inconvenience caused by the delay in their payments.
0:36:09 > 0:36:13They said they'd been making regular payments to the company in question
0:36:13 > 0:36:15to clear any outstanding monies owed
0:36:15 > 0:36:18but that unfortunately, due to the economic downturn,
0:36:18 > 0:36:21they, as a business, had suffered from a lack of cash flow.
0:36:21 > 0:36:28However, they added that this has now been resolved and the matter fully settled.
0:36:33 > 0:36:39- OK, the car's going.- The car can't go anywhere. The car belongs to this gentleman.- The car is going.
0:36:39 > 0:36:42Back at the Surrey car dealers, sheriffs Marc and Tony are still
0:36:42 > 0:36:45locked in a stand-off with the director of Sandhurst Bridge Cars,
0:36:45 > 0:36:47Sami Alsilawi.
0:36:47 > 0:36:50They're trying to get disgruntled customer Clive Nicholl
0:36:50 > 0:36:53the £3,300 he's owed.
0:36:53 > 0:36:58We're going round in circles. That is your car, I don't care what you say, and it's going.
0:36:58 > 0:37:00It's not going, no. I sold it to him.
0:37:00 > 0:37:02With a car in his personal name clamped
0:37:02 > 0:37:06and the tow truck ready to remove it, Sami's last chance to pay up
0:37:06 > 0:37:09and stop the vehicle leaving is fast disappearing.
0:37:10 > 0:37:15But Sami's still convinced the sheriffs have no right to take the car.
0:37:15 > 0:37:17We want to get the black Audi, that's what we're getting.
0:37:17 > 0:37:21But with the police already on their way to keep the peace during the removal,
0:37:21 > 0:37:24Sami has another bright idea of how to stop it...
0:37:25 > 0:37:31..using another vehicle to block the sheriffs and his seized Audi, inside the forecourt gates.
0:37:38 > 0:37:40- You have to move. - I don't have to move.
0:37:41 > 0:37:45- Don't drive at me, don't drive at me.- OK.
0:37:46 > 0:37:51Are they on their way? Just tell them he's run you over. Go on, run me over.
0:37:55 > 0:37:57Just tell them he's run you over.
0:37:58 > 0:38:05Experienced sheriffs Marc and Tony are less than impressed and have an easy solution of their own.
0:38:05 > 0:38:07OK, what we're going to do, if you don't move it,
0:38:07 > 0:38:10- we'll just drag this out the way. - It won't go anywhere, this one.
0:38:10 > 0:38:12We are going to drag this out the way.
0:38:12 > 0:38:18It's a criminal offence to obstruct a High Court sheriff in executing their duties.
0:38:18 > 0:38:21Things could soon get a lot worse for Sami Alsilawi.
0:38:21 > 0:38:24Thing is, mate, you're going to get nicked for obstructing us
0:38:24 > 0:38:27- in a minute, if you don't sort yourself out.- That's fine.
0:38:27 > 0:38:31Not to mention his sheriffs' bill, which is increasing by the hour.
0:38:31 > 0:38:34You can charge us waiting time and we'll charge him.
0:38:35 > 0:38:40If that's all right. Are you all right to wait, yeah? No worries.
0:38:40 > 0:38:44Here we go, it's the gendarmes now. We'll get it sorted now.
0:38:44 > 0:38:46- Hello, ladies.- Hello there.
0:38:46 > 0:38:49After four long, frustrating hours at the garage,
0:38:49 > 0:38:54finally, two police community support officers arrive to act as peacekeepers.
0:38:54 > 0:38:58Marc and Tony have now got to convince them that they're right
0:38:58 > 0:38:59and Mr Alsilawi wrong.
0:39:01 > 0:39:03Tony briefs the PCSOs on what's been going on.
0:39:03 > 0:39:07- That's his name, personal name. - Yeah, yeah.- All right?
0:39:07 > 0:39:13- I can vouch for that being him. - That's what we're seizing.
0:39:13 > 0:39:19- Because he bought the car on Friday. - Right. OK.
0:39:21 > 0:39:24- And that's the one we're seizing. - OK, cool. Yeah.
0:39:24 > 0:39:27We're just here to prevent a breach of the peace.
0:39:27 > 0:39:31You need to move the vehicle and let them get on with their job. OK?
0:39:33 > 0:39:36The PCSOs' presence seems to have had a calming effect on Sami,
0:39:36 > 0:39:39as he watches Tony remove the clamp from his car.
0:39:44 > 0:39:47But as the sheriffs begin their removal of the Audi,
0:39:47 > 0:39:51Mr Alsilawi again decides he's had enough of our camera.
0:39:52 > 0:39:56- Can you switch off the camera? - No, sorry.- Switch off the camera.
0:39:59 > 0:40:01Luckily, the PCSOs are on hand
0:40:01 > 0:40:04and make sure the Audi's departure goes smoothly.
0:40:12 > 0:40:17With the Audi finally loaded and secured, the tow truck drivers want to get going straight away.
0:40:19 > 0:40:24And there it goes. The car Sami Alsilawi fought so hard to keep
0:40:24 > 0:40:27disappears on the back of a tow truck in an instant.
0:40:27 > 0:40:29It will be sold, if necessary,
0:40:29 > 0:40:32to get Clive Nicholl and his family back what they're owed.
0:40:37 > 0:40:40All right. Just some... notice of seizure.
0:40:41 > 0:40:47Marc has some paperwork for Sami, explaining his car is now the property of the court.
0:40:47 > 0:40:49And his freshly increased bill.
0:40:49 > 0:40:54And that's your bill. £6,121.50.
0:40:54 > 0:40:56All right?
0:40:56 > 0:40:59But Sami's still not quite ready to go quietly.
0:40:59 > 0:41:03- Shut off this thing, mate.- Look, he's just here doing his job, OK?
0:41:03 > 0:41:07Thank you for the help. Thanks very much. Cheers. Bye-bye.
0:41:09 > 0:41:12With a valuable asset seized to be sold at auction
0:41:12 > 0:41:18if Mr Alsilawi doesn't pay up, it's job done for Marc and Tony today.
0:41:18 > 0:41:22They're left to reflect on a testing afternoon.
0:41:22 > 0:41:25To be honest with you, out of all the jobs I've ever done,
0:41:25 > 0:41:28I don't think I've been told so many lies before.
0:41:28 > 0:41:29The story changed all the time,
0:41:29 > 0:41:33so we weren't ever going to get to the bottom of it.
0:41:33 > 0:41:37But we've ended up taking the vehicle away, so....
0:41:37 > 0:41:42We'll just wait and see whether they write into the office now to appeal against it.
0:41:42 > 0:41:47- Or they might even decide to pay it. - Yeah, or they may decide they just want to pay. You never know.
0:41:47 > 0:41:51Finding the car owned by Sami meant this could be taken
0:41:51 > 0:41:53to pay off the debt in his personal name.
0:41:53 > 0:41:56Yeah, it's quite a nice car. A4 convertible.
0:41:56 > 0:41:58We've got the keys, the logbook, the MOT,
0:41:58 > 0:42:02so we've got everything for the car to sell it, which is quite good.
0:42:02 > 0:42:07- Right, what do you want to... - Oh, let's go and get a cup of tea or something. I'm absolutely frozen.
0:42:09 > 0:42:14However, the second smaller writ against Sandhurst Bridge Cars itself remains unpaid,
0:42:14 > 0:42:18as they weren't able to find proof it still had assets at the garage.
0:42:20 > 0:42:23And since we filmed at Sandhurst Bridge Cars,
0:42:23 > 0:42:26the Audi seized by the sheriffs has been sold at auction.
0:42:26 > 0:42:30It raised £3,600, which, after auction fees,
0:42:30 > 0:42:34will go towards paying off Sandhurst's debt
0:42:34 > 0:42:37to Clive Nicholl and his family.
0:42:37 > 0:42:40That is fantastic news. That is absolutely brilliant.
0:42:40 > 0:42:44Just the kind of result we're after. Brilliant result.
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