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Paige Oldfield & Sian Traynor

Young woman discovers car smeared with 'rotten vegetables' over parking row

A young woman was left disgusted after finding her car covered in rubbish and flies after getting caught up in a parking row.

Hannah Jones has shown the state her car was left in after parking on a back street lane earlier this month, with those responsible leaving a number of foul items.

Arriving at her vehicle on April 12, Hannah explained that she had chosen to park in the spot on a few necessary occasions, and had first received an aggressive note.

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Reading “DO NOT PARK HERE”, the 28-year-old also described how rotten vegetables and teabags had been smeared over the framework, with a box of flies also left for her to find.

Speaking to the Manchester Evening News, Hannah, who owns a luxury garden room business, was forced to visit a car wash ahead of meeting customers that morning. Although the bizarre incident left her “shocked”, it’s not the first time it’s happened.

After previously parking in a similar area, Hannah woke to find a box of dead flies on top of her car. Due to the village being a close-knit community, she says she’s “disappointed” a resident would choose vandalism instead of “having a conversation”.

She said: “If you arrive at home anywhere past about 5pm there is usually hardly anywhere to park. I have sometimes had to park 10 minutes away from my house to get a spot – this was the case late night Tuesday.

Flies were left on the car (MEN)

“I had lots to carry on from my car from work so I parked where no one was parked down a back of house ginnel. I ask someone pulling up if anyone parks here and she said no, this is a public car park for anyone to use.

“I use my car to visit a lot of my clients so it's important that it at least looks clean and tidy. This morning I woke up early to set off to work and discovered my car was covered in filth.

“It had a note on the front saying DO NOT PARK HERE. This was on paper and it had rained so it stuck to my car window in bits. My wing mirror was pushed forward and the plastic had cracked.

“I had veg rubbed all over the back and left stuck in my back wiper and it stunk. Wet tea bags covered the roof and had dried in stained patches. I had to go to a car wash before I went my clients which was obviously not ideal first thing in the morning.”

It had been covered (MEN)

While Hannah has not reported the incident to police, she says the incident has made her more wary of where she parks in the village.

“This has happened once before and the same person didn't leave me a note I just woke up to a box of dead flies on my car,” she continued.

“It's clearly the same person.

“I was pretty shocked at first that someone had put a lot of their energy in to being so horrible. It's a close-knit neighbourhood; I was disappointed that someone would go down this route rather than just have a conversation.

“I completely understand if I literally parked on someone's drive or blocked someone in, but even so I don't think it would warrant that behaviour. It has made me more wary, this person is obviously out to do some damage."

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