a friend of mine who happens to look just like me, and drive the same car......was clamped by a private firm for parking on private property last night. went back in the morning to pay the £100 release charge and found a note on window from clamper saying 'sorry but due to unforseen circumstances i wont be around today to release your car, will be around from 10.30 (didnt say am or pm) tommorow (7th).

so the fact that my friend has to be at work tommorow morning at 7.30am and couldnt get in contact with the clamper, was rather unhappy. so decided to cut the clamp triangle off with a hacksaw (the triangle isnt toughned steel unlike the chain).
hes now going to weld it back together and make it look like it was never damaged..go to the clamping office and drop the clamp off as it was when it was left.

so my question is....
seeing as they charge £100 to release the clamp, but never actually had to release it. and will be getting there clamp back undamaged. will my friend legally get away without paying the fine?

also the fact this happened on private property and nothing will seem tampered with, technicaly there are no laws broken in the end? my friend is going to say he popped his drive shaft out in order to get the clamp off lol.

hope this makes sense and i can recieve some advice for my friend, thanks!