Man who let a stranger park in his driveway is left desperate after he REFUSES to move his car seven months later
- Omar Badran, from Plymouth, had a stranger park in his driveway in December 2021
- But seven months later, he’s desperate because the vehicle is still parked there
- Omar said he felt “miserable” and added that people called him “stupid” for offering a place
A man has become angry after his ‘foolish generosity’ backfired, leaving him parked in his driveway with a stranger’s car for seven months.
Omar, who lives in Stoke, Plymouth, had someone he didn’t know park in his driveway in December 2021 because he wasn’t using it himself and doesn’t drive.
But now he is now struggling to get the car off his property. According to Omar, the person whose car it belongs to has refused to pick up his vehicle.
Omar says he initially agreed that the owner of the car could use his driveway, as long as he could use it when needed, though he hasn’t made it clear exactly how the deal came about.
When Omar contacted to have the man pick up his car, the man said he wouldn’t obey.
Omar Badran, in Stoke, near Plymouth, agreed to let a man he didn’t know use his driveway in December 2021, provided he would get it back when he needed it
The driveway owner said, “I agreed on the condition that if I wanted to use my driveway again, I could.”
Omar said he tried to contact the owner of the car in his driveway but had no luck.
Omar says he’s been exploring legal avenues ever since, but was shocked that it’s considered a “grey area” legally.
“I was shocked by my initial search, it’s a gray area legally and you may not be able to get the city, police or DVLA to do anything about it, even if the vehicle isn’t insured, isn’t taxed and doesn’t have an MOT.
Omar said he felt ‘miserable’ after the man he was helping refused to pick up his car
“I called all those places and they said there was nothing they could do.”
However, after several weeks of stress, Omar says he has found a solution under the Tort Law Act.
He said: ‘I found that under the Torts Act there is a way to deal with it. It took me several weeks and a lot of stress, I thought I was going to be in a really bad situation, with thousands of pounds being spent in a civil court.”
Omar has now added a sign, which is placed against the windshield of the car in his driveway. It reads: ‘According to the Wrongful Deed Act, this vehicle will be disposed of within a week from 27/06/22 if the owner does not collect it.’
After consulting with several legal professionals, Omar has been further instructed that he should contact the owner of the vehicle in writing and allow a reasonable amount of time before disposing of it.
After getting stuck in a ‘legal gray area’, Omar took matters into his own hands and found a solution in the Torts Act of 1977, which deals with ‘property interference’, such as trespassing or damaging goods that belong to someone else
Omar said: ‘A lawyer has told me to contact the person in writing. I was told to fill out a V888 form which would allow me to access the person’s address and then write to them citing the Tort Act.
There is no specific time in the law, but it just specifies that the time the person is given to respond must be ‘reasonable’ so I’ve decided to give them two weeks once I get the address from the DVLA .
“This whole thing has really made me miserable and so many people have told me I’m stupid for letting it park in my driveway, but I was just trying to do something nice.”