KevR wrote:
Was he charged/prosecuted for criminal damage? If not, then surely he could just deny that he is responsible for the damage.
Also, have you attempted to get him to pay for the damages or liaised with him at all?
No, but I have independent witnesses who have said they will back me and he admitted to the police and the ambulance peeps at the scene that it was all his fault, I'm not too concerned with liability.
I have tried to speak to his parents about it, in a very nice way - but I just got loads of abuse and blamed for the whole thing, his mum had decided that I was at fault as her son had told her that the police were going to caution me and the only reason they didn't was because he didn't want them too as he is a friend of my sons. I contacted the police officer involved about this to see what it was she was going to caution me for and she said it was a load of bollocks, there was nothing they could caution me for as he was so obviously the one at fault.
It seems that the lad has told his parents a load of crap and of course they are believing him thinking I am just after the money when he was the one with the personal injuries. I've had a couple of abusive phone calls off them that made me feel the size of a thimble and considering what was going on in my life at that time it made me question my own judgement to be honest. I just couldn't have dealt with this on top of everything else back then.
Thanks for the link Kev, I'll have a proper look when I get back.