Young Courier Driven to Suicide After Motorcycle Clamped His Motorcycle.

A debt-ridden young man took his own life shortly after bailiffs clamped the motorcycle that was essential to his work as a courier, an inquest has heard, in a case that has prompted calls for reform of the debt-collection industry.

Jerome Rogers, 20, was being pursued over two £65 parking fines that had escalated to a debt of £1,019 including non-payment penalties and fees for the use of bailiffs.

The ABC has been complaining about aggressive firms of bailiffs using tactics that are unfair and often unlawful. The fact that these organisations are representing the government and local government makes the situation far worse. 

The assistant coroner for south London, Jacqueline Devonish, recorded a verdict of suicide and expressed concern at some of the debt-collection agency’s practices, though she said the bailiff, Ross Cutler, had been reasonable towards Rogers.