Mum handed £100 parking fine for 'simple error' says 'I'm not paying'
A mum slapped with a £100 parking fine for a "simple human error" has said she is not paying a penny.
Eileen Povey mistakenly typed a '0' (zero) instead of an 'O' into a ticket machine while entering her number plate details at a car park in Birmingham last month.
To her shock, she was then handed a £60 fine - which increased to £100 after her appeal was rejected - despite paying the 50p charge to park her car.
The Tesco customer service manager said she is now ready to take the parking firm to court, insisting that her mistake was "genuine" and that she made a "simple human error".
Ms Povey said she made a "simple human error" (Birmingham Mail)Ms Povey told Birmingham Live: "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.
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"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."
The mum also claimed that such fines could "tip people over the edge" amid the cost-of-living crisis.
She 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."
Letters addressed to Ms Povey from I Park Services show she is "liable" for a £100 parking charge.
The letter states that if payment was received within 14 days, then a reduced amount of £60 would have been accepted.
The Mirror has approached I Park Services Ltd for comment.
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