High Court Victor Stalked Debtor By Secretly Placing Trackers On His Car

Jimmy Vigh

A man who placed trackers on a car owned by his late mother's partner in a bid to enforce a High Court debt after a two-year battle over her flat, has been convicted of stalking.

Jimmy Vigh, 47, of Saxby's Lane, Lingfield is pursuing a £70,000 debt, according to Subhash Patel, who says he was forced out of the home he shared with Celsa Vigh in Mosslea Road, Whyteleafe until her death on December 4, 2008.

Vigh was convicted at Croydon Magistrates Court of stalking Mr. Patel on or before November 19, last year and was conditionally discharged for two years, ordered to pay £350 costs and a £15 victim surcharge.

The pair endured an acrimonious court case, which Vigh eventually won in November, 2013, with Mr. Patel ordered to leave the address and pay his opponent's costs.

Mr. Patel told the court he found five trackers hidden on his Vauxhall Zafira, which Vigh fully accepts he placed in an attempt to discover where his late mother's ex was living.

Vigh claims Mr.Patel uses aliases and has defrauded his late mother's estate by writing cheques on her account, cashing in her share certificates and stripped her flat clean before he was forced out.

“The first tracker was fitted in 2010 during the dispute over the property,” Mr. Patel told the court. “The second tracker was found on the rear frame by a mechanic in August, 2014 and when I found the third on October 1 I reported it to the police.”

Subhash Patel

He said he found the fourth on November 16 and the fifth at the end of the same month. “It was a very small flat one and very difficult to see. So many tracking devices have been fitted to my car.”

Mr. Patel insists he does not owe Vigh a penny. “It has been settled. He's been paid a large amount in cash. He wanted seventy thousand by the way.”

He is still bitter about losing the flat he shared with Mrs Vigh. “I was evicted forcefully. The house was repossessed.

“He (Vigh) started extorting more and more money from me. I don't want to pay him any more.”

The legal bill which Vigh continues to pursue totals £33,723.

Mr. Patel refused to give his current address when he was in the witness box, explaining: “I don't want to say where I live in case he breaks in. 

"When someone has threatened to kill you three times you don't give your address.

“He has made threats to me and the first threat was after I reported his money laundering and tax evasion.

“The second was when he was trying to evict me from the property.”