Monday, September 25, 2006

Driver's £18,500 bill for ignoring parking fines

Daily Telegraph
By David Sapsted
(Filed: 15/09/2006)

A single mother of four whose friends told her that she did not have to bother paying parking fines has been left with a bill of £18,500.
Roma Wheldon managed to get 120 parking tickets in two years. Her friends told her that the authorities never bothered to chase up unpaid fines and so she stuffed them all in a bin and forgot about them. However, far from forgetting about the £60 fines, Southend council put a debt collection agency and bailiffs on the case and presented Miss Wheldon, 35, with the huge bill, telling her to pay up or face prison.
Fortunately for her, her grandfather, parents and brother have paid off £12,500 of the debt, which includes £10,000 in bailiffs' fees.
That leaves Miss Wheldon owing £6,000, which she has agreed to pay off at £100 a month.
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2 comments:

AF said...

So, she may not be a bright bunny, that's clear, but does that justify Southend Councils shockingly immoral practices?

Do you really think it costs £18,500 to electronically process and collect a fine of £30-60?

What a sad state of affairs when we live in a country where this kind of thing happens and people shrug!

11:43 pm
Anonymous said...

Definatly sad, and definatly not the brightest, but £18,000 is excessive.

With the 2 date issue has anyone been in contact with her to see if she could seek "restitution" since the judge ruled the tickets as naughty. Although she didn't know it at the time, if the tickets were bad then she didn't break any law

Yes we have to take responsibility for our actions, but when the prosecutors can't take it for theirs, why should we all have to pay the price

9:20 am

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