Breakaway Cable Attachment in Holland

SimonWJ, Apologies for delay in replying…although the club must bear some responsibility in that the “follow this discussion” email with your post did not arrive until this morning (23/8)…but having said that, it is a timely reminder to post an update.
 
With the help of the CaMC , I posted an appeal on the 29thMay and received a letter of receipt from the Public Proscutor’s Office (Parket CVOM) on 7 June. The letter stated :-
 
 “The appeal is in good order and the public prosecutor will consider the reasons underlying your appeal. The decision will be sent to you by mail”. “Parket CVOM will attempt to decide on the appeal within the statutory period of sixteen weeks. This period commences following the last day of the period allowed for lodging the appeal.  This decision period can be extended with ten weeks”.
 
So….based on the receipt date of 7 June by the Parket CVOM, the sixteen week period falls within the week commencing 24 September. Hopefully, by then, I should receive a decision. Unless they decide to extend for a further ten weeks.
 
I will post the decision as soon as I receive it, although if the written appeal fails, I am minded to attend the District Court in Utrecht personally for a final attempt…

GTP Thanks for th update 

Many thanks for the update, GTP, and no apologies necessary. 

Good luck with the appeal!

Latest Update: 26th September. The Public Prosecutors Office have confirmed that I have to receive a letter stating the prosecutors decision no later than 10th October. Will post as and when received.  

As above...and still waiting !! But in the meantime I thought everyone might like site of a recent article in Practical Caravan where another caravan user has fallen foul of the legislation. Interestingly the 'expert' reply by PC's Nigel Hutson reiterates that the legislation only relates to Dutch registered vehicles...

A bit peeved that i didn't think of writing to PC...looks like I missed out on a set on wing mirrors. !!

See attachment for PC's article

Latest communication from the Openbaar Ministerie which extends the decision of the appeal from the Statutory sixteen weeks by a further ten weeks...If we use 10th October as a starting point, 10 weeks puts the latest decision date at 19 December....I will update when received.

 Unfortunately the maximum 400kb resolution allowed, makes the scanned doc unreadable when posted...

why not cut the article out and send back to the Openbaar Ministerie and state that if pursued any further you will go to the european courts and prove that the dutch police don't know what they are talking about. fight fire with fire.  

An article in a magazine hardly carries any weight in a court case. We must leave it to the lawyers to sort it all out on the basis of the actual wording of Dutch legislation, because that is all that counts.

True but I suppose you could argue mitigating circumstances, maybe.....

Lutz....At this stage I am not legally represented. I have submitted my own defence appeal, with the help of some correspondence offered by the Club. (see earlier posts) The Clubs lawyers only help with matters relating to UK law.

This may change however, if the appeal goes against me. I have the option to take the appeal further by attending a higher court (in person) in Utrecht. At this point I have to deposit the fine (107€) with the Openbaar Ministerie and I would probably instruct a local lawyer.

Hopefully, if the latter is the case, the court appearance will coincide with our Spring holiday in Delft which would help with travel costs..

lornalou1...whilst I appreciate the sentiment...being a regular traveller to Holland, i really don't feel like being confrontational with the Dutch Police...