Man wins parking appeal... then pleads guilty to fraud

Portsmouth council successfully prosecutes driver who used fake permit

A Portsmouth café employee who denied using a counterfeit parking permit won his appeal at the Traffic Penalty Tribunal (TPT), but then went on to plead guilty at magistrates court just 10 days later after admitting the permit was fake.

Tommy Parsons was issued with two penalty charge notices (PCNs) by Portsmouth City Council after it noticed that the seafront traders’ permit he was displaying in his car, outside the Coffee Cup café, was fake. A civil enforcement officer...

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