NEWS… BUT NOT AS YOU KNOW IT
A disabled man who could not physically get to his parked car before the ticket ran out has been fined – and now bailiffs are knocking at his door.
Ian Richards, a former cab driver, admits he made a genuine mistake after parking in a taxi rank in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, in November last year.
But the 57-year-old feels he has been mistreated by his local council after a debt collector came to his home at 7am demanding the amount be paid in full.
Mr Richards told Gloucestershire live: ‘I think it’s disgusting. I told the council I was really sorry and that I didn’t realise it had become a taxi rank.