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Manchester Evening News
Manchester Evening News
National
Adam Laver & Lorna Hughes

Mum on Universal Credit 'intimidated' over bailiff's £400 parking demand

A mum said she felt "intimidated" by a bailiff's demand for £400 after a dispute over a parking ticket. Jemma Martin was given the penalty after parking over a white line during a family day out at the seaside.

The 31-year-old, a single working mum on Universal Credit, said she felt threatened after bailiffs knocked at her door. She said the sum asked for was a "massive chunk" of the money she has every month to provide for her children.

Miss Martin, 31, had travelled to Skegness last August bank holiday for a day out with her then-partner and children, who were aged four and 18 months at the time, LincolnshireLive reports. But when they got there, she said they were unable to open the car doors properly to get the children and a pushchair in and out of the car.

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