A man has been left "amused" at being fined after claiming he visited McDonald's twice in 14 hours.
Ben Mulhall said he visited the fast food chain for a McChicken Sandwich on the evening of September 30 before driving home. The following morning, his car was spotted in the restaurant's car park after Ben said his wife travelled there to get breakfast.
Ben was subsequently slapped with a £100 fine after CCTV cameras calculated he'd been in the car park for 14 hours and 25 minutes. The 32-year-old claims the cameras have made a mistake and not captured him leaving the first time, or the car arriving again in the morning.
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Ben, from West Yorkshire, is now appealing to the company that manages the car park, which is not managed by McDonald's, LeicestershireLive reports. He said: "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. 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. He said: "I have lodged an appeal with the parking company. 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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