I found a red bag today with some items in it it looks like Christmas presents to me so if the person that lost it could PM me with a description of the contents I will gladly return them.
I found a red bag today with some items in it it looks like Christmas presents to me so if the person that lost it could PM me with a description of the contents I will gladly return them.
bump..................
should you not hand it into the police station, there nothing to say that the owner is on here, be careful you may get charged with theft by find, i think its against the law to with hold found items ,,,
if it wasnt for pubs it would be tescos for us all
Bump........
you are kidding, you surely still dont have the bag, i would take the hint, not everyone is on this forum, do the decent thing and hand it it to the police station, what are you thinking, infact i would say that you are trying to hold on to it now,
if it wasnt for pubs it would be tescos for us all
I am really not interested in what you think. Its obviously not your bag so why are you so bothered about it???????? This is on here on the off chance that someone will see it and know about the bag, and obviously there was no ID in the bag or I would not have needed to put this post on here.
You should have taken it back into the shop where the purchases were made and left it there, it's owner most likely went back looking for it to see if some kind soul had found and returned it. The retailer will have most likely have had card details, could have contacted the bank etc etc. And I'm with riggerboy, on the theft by find thingy.
Just for your reference
Theft by finding occurs when someone who chances upon an object which seems abandoned takes possession of the object but fails to take steps to establish whether the object is abandoned and not merely lost or unattended.[1] In somejurisdictions the crime is called "larceny by finding" or "stealing by finding".[2][3]
If the owner has renounced all property rights in the object, then the property is abandoned.[1] Since theft is the unlawful taking of another person's property, an essential element of the actus reus of theft is absent.[2]
The finder of lost property acquires a possessory right by taking physical control of the property, but does not necessarily have ownership of the property. The finder must take reasonable steps to locate the owner.[1] If the finder shows that reasonable steps to find the owner have been taken then the finder may establish that the required mens rea for theft, the intention to deprive the owner permanently, is absent.[2]
Mens rea (/ˈmɛnz ˈreɪɪə/; Latin for "guilty mind".[1]), in criminal law, is viewed as one of the necessary elements of some crimes. The standard common law test of criminal liability is usually expressed in the Latin phrase, actus reus non facit reum nisi mens sit rea, which means "the act is not culpable unless the mind is guilty". Thus, in jurisdictions withdue process, there must be an actus reus, or "guilty act", accompanied by some level of mens rea to constitute the crime with which the defendant is charged (see the technical requirement of concurrence). As a general rule, criminal liability does not attach to a person who merely acted with the absence of mental fault. The exception is strict liabilitycrimes.
dont think that is point, i think it should be handed over to the police, what makes you think that the owner is on this forum,????? is there no identifcation inside the bag, is the bag empty,
why do you still have it ?????
dont get me wrong i think you are trying to do a good thing here, its just if you have had no success in finding the owner then i think its time to give up and hand it in, your honesty should be rewarded, even if it is knowing you did the right thing
if it wasnt for pubs it would be tescos for us all
We know you're not stealing the bag, but you'd be on the back foot trying to explain it to police and prosecutors. Especially if you give them barrack room lawyer quotes.
You picked up what you knew to be other people's stuff, took it home and so far have kept it.
They've heard: "I was holding on to it for them." before, from thieves.
Stop being silly and hand it in to the cop shop.
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