A man has been fined for staying in a car park for 11 minutes when he was only trying to pay. James Murphy, 37, attempted to pay by contactless, phone and an app at the car park but none of the methods worked and he drove off to find someone else to park.
He was due to visit a Wythenshawe Hospital in Manchester for an appointment but couldn't find a space in the main hospital car park, Manchester Evening News reports. He then drove off and managed to find a space in another part of the hospital car park.
Mr Murphy, who has Crohn's disease, was later fined £60 for the 11 minutes he spent in the Floats Road car park trying to pay. When contacted by the MEN, car park owners Vehicle Control Services said that if Mr Murphy had called their helpline, the outcome "could have been different".
