£20 note!

[Pat Ostman]

I once found 20 p

One £1 coin in seven years.

Should have handed it to police,and told lino. It can be regarded as "theft by finding"

However the above is your answer.

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[Lounge Lizard]

Last week while on delivery I spotted a £20 note lying in the middle of the pavement, not on private property and nobody nearby so I picked it up.
Three days later while back in the same area a woman getting in her car starts shouting at me, she reckons her husband saw me, from their house, pick up the money and that it belonged to her.
She didn't give me a chance to speak! As she drove off she shouted 'you'll be sacked for this'.
Now I'm pretty certain that even if she complains I'll be ok because anyone could have dropped it, but should I have handed it in to lino because I was in uniform?
Incidentally 'cos this has been bugging me ever since I donated £20 to prostate cancer charity.

Coins can be kept but banknotes should be handed to the police to avoid being a thief
Her husband might have seen you but so long as he's not in the IB, planted it and filmed you pocket it then you shouldn't have much to worry about.
Subsequently donating the £20 to a charity implies guilt so keep quiet about that.

[datasaint]

So rather than "finders keepers, losers weepers", a more legally accurate adage might be the rather less succinct "finders may become keepers if they try to find the owner, but losers still have the best claim unless they have abandoned the item".

lol catchy.

[paulsmd]

Last week while on delivery I spotted a £20 note lying in the middle of the pavement, not on private property and nobody nearby so I picked it up.
Three days later while back in the same area a woman getting in her car starts shouting at me, she reckons her husband saw me, from their house, pick up the money and that it belonged to her.
She didn't give me a chance to speak! As she drove off she shouted 'you'll be sacked for this'.
Now I'm pretty certain that even if she complains I'll be ok because anyone could have dropped it, but should I have handed it in to lino because I was in uniform?
Incidentally 'cos this has been bugging me ever since I donated £20 to prostate cancer charity.

Picking up litter is a good thing to do. Picking up litter and taking it home with you is even a better thing to do.

[Jpro747]

Screw everyone, I once found £80 in Tesco... Handed it in to the reception desk and didnt get anything for my good deed, just a pat on the back from the staff there. Should have just pocketed it an legged it.

[spiderj]

Theft by finding

[catch22]

Deny all sounds good. f**k her, f**k him, I bet the mouthy witch wouldn't hand in a lost note and a man stooping to pick up a scrap of paper/dropped letter is just that. No proof, don't provide them with any.

you dont know what the silly cow is talking about. you dropped a letter... you dont even remember dropping the letter... what was the question again?

[catch22]

i found £20 on the floor, whilst on delivery... in the middle of the road...
i found £10 on the floor... in the middle of the road.....
i found £5 on the floor.... on my break in the middle of the road....
i treated my kids.

i found £1 on the drive of someone house... i showed it to their neighbour and posted it through their letter box
i found £2 on someones path, i left it on their step.
i found £10in someones front garden, i tapped on their window and gave it them back...
i found a wallet- with £50 in it....and lots of bank cards. i used his details to trace him, contact him and return it.

i found a mobile phone, i knocked on the door i thought it belonged to and gave it back....

i dont believe finding money is theft... i believe finding money that is clearly someone elses is theft...

[krussel]

Cant say I ve ever found a £20 or even a £10. Used to deliver to a pub and in the days when we used to get out early on a sat often found some coinage just outside by the kerb. Guess folks were sloshed and sharing out of cab money or something.

[Kobi72]

What the hell has it got to do with work..nothing! You found some money so what,it they can't say eff all

[cliffeyhez]

To avoid being accused of theft by finding, you should take reasonable steps to find the owner. Reasonable steps can be as little as saying "Has anybody lost this £20 note" in the immediate vicinity of where you found it. That's how it was when I was a bobby, and I don't think anything has changed.

[Richard007]

Send it to me im skint

[2old4this]

Last week while on delivery I spotted a £20 note lying in the middle of the pavement, not on private property and nobody nearby so I picked it up.
Three days later while back in the same area a woman getting in her car starts shouting at me, she reckons her husband saw me, from their house, pick up the money and that it belonged to her.
She didn't give me a chance to speak! As she drove off she shouted 'you'll be sacked for this'.
Now I'm pretty certain that even if she complains I'll be ok because anyone could have dropped it, but should I have handed it in to lino because I was in uniform?
Incidentally 'cos this has been bugging me ever since I donated £20 to prostate cancer charity.

How the hell would they possibly prove any of this. I wouldn't give it a second thought.

[redandblue]

Deny everything, then P739 everything the miserable cow sends away for

[dblad]

Don't bother about what the do-gooders on here say, I'd have gone to the pub and downed a few with it.