How to deal with TV licensing people at your door?

Please help me

My tv licence expired in may 2014 as wasnt able to renew it because i wanted to stop watching tv as the contract with virgin was too expensive. I phoned virgin to cancel my tv contract and they asked me to pay 300 pounds cancellation fee which obviously i dinnt want to pay. But i stopped watching tv but didnt disconnect it with the virgin box

TV goon shows up and tells me that he is here to renew my tv licence .

He asked details like phone number name and address and NI Number and i gave him

Then i had a closer look at the form and to my surprise it was a scary prosecution agree something form and he asks me to sign it. I said well you came here to renew my licence then why do i need to sign it, he said its an offence and blah blah. I said wait a minute, let me call my elder brother and ask for advise and i called him but was speaking in my language so he wouldnt understand. I was talking to him in my kitchen and this goon suddenly hands over the copy of unsigned form to my wife and left.

I want to know will i face criminal prosecution i mean is there any way out by talking to them because i have never broken any law before, i am simply afraid to do it, I had tv licence for 5 years and always paid £145 upfront all the time, its only this time i messed up i guess.

can anything be done here because i dont want a criminal record on my name, i mean is their a way of paying the fine they ask for without having criminal record under my name?

Please help me

Please help, My friend of 40 years does not use a computer and I have helped with TV people at his door and extremely unpleasant letters. I did manage to get him a break for a year or maybe 18 months, but it has started again. Since August (last month) he has had two letters.At 78 and a private person the second letter has arrived.
This guy does not have TV,I sometimes suggest he come up and watch mine but no. Anyway after 75? you get a letter I believe to say no TV license is required. So, why hassle an old man??
C.Ward

i just let them in and gave them the information they wanted, they cautioned me and said there is a possibility i could get prosecuted etc etc i explained that i didnt have enough money due to recent hardships (i owed over 18 months) and he went on his way and a week later recieved a letter from them stating i wouldn't get prosecuted as long as it doesnt happen again. Imo just let them in and be reasonable and fair to them as they are just doing their job, i'm sure the decision of prosecution comes down to the info they write down, so if your funny with them or obstruct them i reckon it goes against you in the long run. I'm paying £5 a week now to catch up and be fully up to date.

But each to their own i suppose

dave

Has anyone ever had any experience of a TV licensing goon come knocking on their student accomodation on university campus?
Does this ever happen and is it possible for them to enforce fines upon any students in halls who have a TV but not paying for a licence?