NCP Parking Attendant Arrested

On 27th June 2006 a gentleman from Houghton le Spring in Sunderland was issued with a Penalty Charge Notice.
Unremarkable as this was it became more remarkable by the minute.
The motorist had been aware for some time that the Disabled Bays had not been correctly marked and therefore did not constitute a legal bay at all.

He attempted to reason with the PA the PA stated: " It doesn't matter, and I don't know what the bay should look like anyway."

Mr. B immediately place dthe Parking Attendant under Citizen's Arrest for attempting to obtain money by deception. A supervisor was called.

In his statement Mr. B states that the PAs Supervisor stated its "A game, I know the bays are wrong and the tickets wouldn't stand up in court, but most people just pay them without checking."

The Police arrived and a Crime Reference Number 498 was issued by PC 2455 Surtees.

We are awaiting further information with regard to the progress of the criminal complaint, but the bays were re-marked (wrongly) and the money refunded. The Council are refusing to refund any monies already paid claiming the motorist should have appealed at the time.

This very shallow will not stand up to further investigation if it is revealed that enforcement was continuing in areas where signs were known to be unlawful.