...we believe that it is reasonable to seek to recover some of these costs by making a modest charge to the motorist of no more than £20...
The firm acknowledged the fact that she purchased a ticket, and wiped £20 from the [£60] fine – but demanded that she pay the rest.
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Nurse's anger at £60 parking fine for making tiny mistake after gruelling night shift
Hull Royal Infirmary nurse Karen Stockdale was hit with the fine after parking outside a train station after a night shift. Parking firm Smart Parking have refused to cancel the whole fine.
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Karen was hit with the barmy fine in January
A nurse has hit out at a private parking firm which slapped her with a £60 fine even though she paid for a ticket.
Karen Stockdale, 58, was charged after entering her registration details incorrectly following a gruelling night shift at Hull Royal Infirmary.
She was fined after parking at Paragon Station before a trip to see her brother in Norwich.
Karen claims she can prove she paid for the ticket, and says the car left within the allotted time.
But weeks later, she received a letter demanding she pay a £60 parking charge after she failed to enter her details correctly.
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She told HullLive: “I’m fuming. I was getting a train and I’d just come from a night shift at the hospital.
“I put money in and thought I’d put the digits in and the ticket came out. I got the ticket and put it in the car and thought nothing of it.
“And then a few weeks later, I got the letter saying I was charged £60.
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Karen kept the ticket as proof
"They know my car and they know my ticket belonged to it. Why allocate the ticket if I’ve not entered the registration?
“I’d normally just pay it but I’m that p****d off about it. I put the time in and they have footage of the car but it’s just because I didn’t put three digits in the machine.”
After receiving the charge Mrs Stockdale wrote back to Smart Parking to appeal the fine.
The firm acknowledged the fact that she purchased a ticket, and wiped £20 from the fine – but demanded that she pay the rest.
She added: “It was an honest mistake. It’s ridiculous."
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