Motorist fined for driving round car park for 11 minutes before leaving because he could not find a space
Mr Shooter has now blasted the owners Euro Car Parks for its "miserly" attitude after the company rejected his appeal
A FUMING driver was fined for driving around a car park for just 11 MINUTES before leaving because he could not find a space.
David Shooter gave up trying to find a spot, and instead drove off to park elsewhere.
However the 65-year-old was left shocked after receiving a £60 fine in the post days later.
He was told that he should have purchased a ticket at the busy Siddals Road car park in Derby.
Mr Shooter, a retired teacher, has now slammed the owners Euro Car Parks for its "miserly" attitude after the company rejected his appeal.
The motorist, who lives in Checkley, Staffordshire, said: "I was only in the car park for 11 minutes and now I have had to pay £60 for the privilege.
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"I didn't even park up in a space, so I thought I had good grounds to appeal so I did.
"But they threw that out and wrote back to me saying if I did not pay the fine in a set number of days they would start court proceedings against me to recover the money.
"I didn't want the hassle of going through all that so I have paid up.
"But what a miserly attitude they had and I suspect other motorists might receive the same type of letter."
He initially chose the car park because he didn't want his 65-year-old wife, who is suffering from ill health, to have to walk too far to Derby Theatre.
They arrived at the car park at 6.33pm on September 23.
Mr Shooter said: "We drove around for a while looking for a space that wasn't in a pothole or a puddle.
"We were having no luck so I stopped the car briefly and noticed if we were to park there it would mean my wife would have to climb steps to get to the theatre which she was unable to do because of health complications at the time.
"I looked at my sat nav and found an alternative one under the Intu centre so we left.
"But it transpires the owners of Siddals Road car park have cameras that film cars coming in and leaving the car park.
"In our case we were there for 11 minutes looking for a space, didn't even park in one and still got hit for £60.
"The performance we went to see was thoroughly enjoyable but if I had known how much it was going to cost me I might have thought twice about coming to Derby to see it."
