I AM writing concerning the seizure, twice, of a car owned by an 18-year-old at Bradford on Avon by the police.

Surely if he had committed any offence he should have been reported and taken to court but to seize the car and make him pay the fee of £105 each time to release it is unfair justice, trial without a court. Is there any appeal or redress against this?

If complaints had been made against his driving and it was not possible to summons, the police could have stopped him a couple of times a week and checked his car over and inconvenienced him a little.

MR D ESSEX

86 Downlands Road

Devizes

Under new powers conferred by the Police Reform Act 2002, officers can now seize vehicles if people are seen to be driving in an anti-social way. The teenager in question had already received a formal warning that his car would be seized if he did not behave more responsibly Editor.