(12-04-2013 12:06 )mr williams Wrote: [ -> ]Correct - in this country debt comes under civil law, so they could get a County or High Court judgement against him and if he didn't pay up send in the bailiffs or have him declared bankrupt.
You can go to prison, though, for unpaid tax/VAT bills and Council Tax, but that is only in extreme cases and usually where there's been some sort of fraud involved or eg if you've tried to hide your assets.
Mind you, if he was calling the lines for 16 hours a day I'm surprised the neighbours didn't become suspicious, especially when the snow stuck to their shovels! 
There's always one
Fuck it then, not paying any bills any more.
(12-04-2013 20:16 )mellover Wrote: [ -> ]Erm, yes you can, try not paying a parking fine or your poll tax.
I haven't paid poll tax since 1993.
(12-04-2013 12:06 )mr williams Wrote: [ -> ]You can go to prison, though, for unpaid tax/VAT bills and Council Tax,
Plus not paying child support or court ordered fines.
(12-04-2013 21:12 )Tumble_Drierpid='1242648 Wrote: [ -> ]I haven't paid poll tax since 1993.
You won't have it was replaced with council tax, but poeple went to prison for it. And i know somoene who got a few days in prison for not paying a ticket.
(12-04-2013 23:01 )mellover Wrote: [ -> ]You won't have it was replaced with council tax
Wow, really? And there i was thinking i was getting away with it.
if he used a landline instead of a mobile his bill would have been less than 70k much better
loughboroughkev appears to have closed his twitter account.
(12-04-2013 23:09 )Tumble_Drier Wrote: [ -> ]Wow, really? And there i was thinking i was getting away with it.
Yup, twenty years now. Sorry to burst your bubble
(13-04-2013 13:21 )elgar1uk Wrote: [ -> ]loughboroughkev appears to have closed his twitter account.
I'm not surprised, with all the incriminating evidence on there, e.g. boasting about how much he'd spent.