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| Two-year-old boy gets £60 parking ticket A two-year-old boy from London has been sent a £60 demand for a parking fine. The only 'car' James Reilly owns is a red and yellow plastic one with pedals. His mother Amanda, who doesn't own a car, says council staff threatened her with court action. Officials have now apologised. The demand from Camden Council stated that a white Lada had been illegally parked and James was liable for the fine, the Evening Standard reports. Ms Reilly says: "I thought that, once I told them that James was only two and I had never had a car, they would just cancel the demand. " "But it was utterly unbelievable. When I told the woman on the other end of the line that the person the letter was addressed to was my toddler son, she asked if I had proof of James's age." She says council staff asked her to visit the town hall with documentary proof, or risk going to court. Ms Reilly says: "If the council really want to spend all that time and money putting a two-year-old in the dock, then they might as well go ahead and embarrass themselves." Camden council has now admitted the mix-up and apologised to Ms Reilly. 16th January 2002 |
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