A man who went to Mcdonald's for his dinner and whose wife then went the next morning for breakfast has been issued a ticket for spending more than 14 hours in the car park. Ben Mulhall, 32, drove home after getting a McChicken Sandwich on the evening of September 30 then his car was spotted in the car park the next day.
Ben says the cameras have made a mistake and not captured him leaving the first time or the car arriving again. He is appealing to the company that manages the car park. Ben told LeedsLive: "I know sometimes you have to wait for your food but I definitely didn't wait that long. I was amused when I got the letter.
"I wasn't angry or annoyed, I just like exposing incompetence. The cameras must have just missed me leaving and the car coming back in. My wife sometimes likes a Mcdonald's breakfast on her way back from a night shift and I think that's what they've caught the next day."
The parking ticket shows a picture of his car entering the car park at 5.56pm on September 30 and leaving the car park at 8.22am on October 1, and calculates he'd been in the car park for 14 hours and 25 minutes. The fine is £100, discounted to £50 if paid in 14 days.
Ben has CCTV footage taken from outside his house that shows him binning a McDonald's bag at home at 6.29pm.
The letter (Image: Ben Mulhall)
"I have lodged an appeal with the parking company," Ben said. "I doubt I'll hear back for days though."
Ben added that he does not intend to pay the parking ticket while he waits to hear back about his appeal.
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