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Magistrates in the south of England employed private bailiffs to collect fines. But the company went bust, and the court is now owed a quarter of a million pounds in fines collected but never received. Gerry Northam investigates what happens when public debt collection is privatised.
Producer Liz Camey

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Gerry Northam
Producer:
Liz Camey
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