To open this persons signed for letter.

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Posting for the traffic, have re-posted from Chat.

Royal Mail has put a signed for citation through my door for someone that lived here before us. They didn't knock for a signature.

This is the second one through the door, we sent the last one back. We've had police at the house umpteen times for these people and I am worried this citation is for too soon before we can send it back. I desperately don't want any more police at the door, the last time it was one of those massive vans and 6 officers. We live in an area where people watch and if some of this guys friends get the wrong idea then we could be in danger (have already had windows smashed and such) I'm 8 months pregnant and have a 20 month old in the house, I don't need this.

Royal Mail offices are shut, I have tried to phone. Can I open this letter and phone whatever it number it gives with the details?

How rude to repost when people have answered your other thread.

I am bloody panicking! I was hoping someone could tell me 100% if it was or wasn't legal.

You are living up to your name there Narky

And I am still answering on the other thread, I am grateful for any reply I get.

Well, apart from yours.

why are you panicking? why not ring the non-emergency police number or go to a police station

Give over narky, the OP is clearly worried to death.

How about taking it to your local police station? They should be able to tell you what to do with it.

There's more back story to this squeaky, she does explain a little more on the other thread.

You return it to the royal mail with a note to say the person no longer lives there. The royal mail will return to the sender with the appropriate information.

Doesn't sound a very nice ace to be.

Phone police non emergency for advice? Don't open it yet as it's illegal to open anyone elses post.
Is there a return address? If you google it something may come up.

Yes call 101 and ask for what to do.

Thanks. I will phone 101 as I don't know what to do.

There is more to this! I am not panicking for no reason. Sorry if it seems that way!

Panicking won't help, though. Realistically, courts aren't going to do anything until Monday, and the police are around all weekend.

Royal Mail could well have forged the signature. TBH every time I've signed on one of those machine things it's not sensitive enough and comes out as a line and two dots anyway. Post office staff are overworked and stressed and I think it's far more common than it should be for signatures to be forged or those little red cards to be put through when you're not actually out.

Have phoned 101, I have to phone community police and procurator fiscal on Monday morning to try and sort it all out.

Will be complaining again to Royal Mail as well.

Opening someone else's mail is a grey area.
It is illegal to open between post box and letter box but once it plops onto your doormat the lines blur.
It is then technically your property and in theory would only be a problem if the person that the letter was intended for chose to report it.