A Nottinghamshire driver has been ordered to pay more than £2,000 after he parked illegally and lied he was making deliveries. James Barford, of Bluebell Avenue, Cotgrave, has been told he must pay £2,200 in fines, costs and compensation after producing fake delivery notes and invoices in a bid to avoid 11 fines.
Magistrates were told the 34-year-old had collected charges for parking illegally in a loading bay and a residents' parking zone in Leicester near to his place of work. In response to the fines, six delivery notes were faked to challenge them, along with a further five, after he was caught parking in permit-only residential areas on the outskirts of the city centre.
An investigation by Leicester City Council found that Barford had claimed to be making deliveries for businesses and customers on behalf of a firm called JB Designs Ltd - which is not registered with Companies House. Barford had also claimed to be working for Pivotal Retail Marketing on another delivery note, but the deliveries were nothing to do with them, reports Leicestershire Live.
