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@Oliver Schick
Pol Paz, I don't know what the police told you, but if they really told you that you could legally take the frame, they were giving you incorrect legal advice (IANAL, though). That's it, really.
In fact, the LCC has had to run two pretty big campaigns in the last four years to have two parliamentary bills (TfL & London Local Authorities Bills 1 and 2) proposing powers for local authorities to remove 'pedal cycles' (first Bill) and then 'items' (second Bill) from the public highway without going through already existing procedures (first alerting the owner to their intention, etc.). Not even local authorities are authorised to remove cycles in the way that you did. The police cannot authorise you to do this, either.
You have to understand that by defending yourself so strenuously, you are providing perfect forum fodder. The fact remains that whatever your real intentions may have been, your act was illegal.
Oliver
LCC