An angry mum has claimed she is "not paying a penny" after being hit with a parking fine of £100 - after she entered the 'wrong' number plate details when paying her charge.
Eileen Povey, a Tesco customer service manager, stated she made a "genuine mistake" when she hit the zero (0) button instead of an O on the ticket machine, reports Birmingham Live.
The "law abiding" citizen was surprised when presented with a £60 fine after paying the 50p charge to park her car. Eileen parked in Church Road car park, Erdington, Birmingham in January, and is stating she is "ready to go to court" after her appeal to the company, I Park Services, was unsuccessful.
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Emails and letters have been shown to BirminghamLive, and show that Eileen's fine has been bumped up to £100 after her appeal was turned down. The mum, who is currently moving to Tamworth, is adamant that her mistake was "genuine", and she had made a "simple human error".
The defiant worker said: "I'm not paying a penny. It says on the letter that if I pay the fine then I accept liability, but I don’t accept liability so I'm not paying.
"I'll take them to court. If I had blatantly not bothered to pay, I would have accepted the fine - but I'm a law abiding citizen.
"I know I paid the parking charge. I emailed the company saying it might be possible that I put the number 0 in instead of the letter O, but they told me the fine still stood.
"I have asked for CCTV footage to show I paid - and evidence of what I actually entered into the machine - but they have refused to give me either."
Eileen has blamed the fine on a "simple human error", and claims that they could "tip people over the edge" in an unprecedented financially difficult time.
The mum said: "It's been a very stressful experience, I'm worried I'm going to get blacklisted. I'm moving house at the minute and now I have this to worry about too - all for the sake of a 50p parking charge.
"Things are tight at the minute. People can't put money on their gas and electricity but for the sake of 50p I’m being ordered to fork out £100 - it’s a lot of money."
The letters confirm that Eileen is "liable" for a parking charge sum of £100. The letter states if payment was received within 14 days, then a reduced amount of £60 would have been accepted.
I Park Services Ltd has been approached for a comment.
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