A woman who used her dead mum's disabled badge to park on double yellow lines on the school run has had to pay nearly £3,000 in charges. Carly Kent, 43, was caught after the council launched a crackdown on Blue Badge fraud.
She was seen parking the car on the double yellow lines without the badge holder present. They later discovered that the badge holder, Kent's mum, was dead. She was interviewed under caution and admitted using the badge. She pleaded guilty by post to misuse of a disabled person's badge.
Kent, of Chancel Close, Hillingdon was handed a fine of £440, a victim surcharge of £176 and had to pay the council's prosecution costs of £2,342. A Hillingdon Council spokesperson said: "The counter-fraud team had been actively patrolling for instances of Blue Badge fraud in Uxbridge on 14 November 2022, when colleagues in the council's parking service alerted them to a suspected misuse during pick-up times at a local school.
