A disabled man from Jarrow has hit out at parking firm ParkingEye after he was slapped with a £70 fine while visiting his cancer-stricken mother-in-law at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Gateshead.
Bryan Grieve, 48, is a blue badge holder and suffers from severe arthritis in his knees, along with issues with the cartilage in the joints. In late June, with his mother-in-law in hospital, he and his wife were frequent visitors. On June 30, he visited and parked in a disabled bay near the hospital entrance. However, the blue badge registration machine in reception was not working. ParkingEye run the hospital's car parks.
He displayed his badge - and even paid for a ticket at a machine to ensure he was covered. But this didn't stop him receiving a fine weeks later. And his appeal against the fine was rejected too. It was only after he raised the issue with the hospital trust's team and with ChronicleLive that his fine was quashed.
