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Gary Fanning

Prestwick pensioner, 85, with £176 debt from £30 parking fine vows not to pay up

A disgruntled Ayrshire driver has racked up a £176 debt after council bosses say he was “parking illegally” in a disabled bay.

Angry Allan Heslop was slapped with a £30 parking notice in Prestwick’s Main Street on September 29, 2020.

The 85-year-old’s ordeal began when he parked his Kia Venga car and left his wife of 60 years – Christine, 78, who has a disability – in the passenger seat while collecting her prescription from a chemist.

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