Hy people,
Ok need some help here regarding a dispute by Windsor council as apparently I was illegally parked.
The story is as follows:
At the beginning of December I was waiting in my car for a friend parked under a caved area which has two very tight parking bays. Now I was in a position wherby I was right on the edge of my bay and my nearside wheel was slightly over into the opposing bay. This was so I could actually get out and open the drivers side door.
As I was waiting with the engine off.. I was approached by two parking wardens who came from behind the car to my front windscreen and when they realised I was still in the car they decided to make a run for their little smart car and sped off out of the car park before I could really react. My first reactions were it was a bunch of opportunistic thugs but they also attempted to take a photograph as they ran off!
Now I never recieved anything through the post till mid January when I recieved a letter stating my case was being taken to court as I hadn't made payment for this alleged parking contravention! I was shocked to say the least! I wrote a very angry letter complaining and stating what had happened.
Recieved a letter the other day saying my case had been rejected and they were passing my debt on to the bayliffs! I am getting very stressed out about the whole scenario and really need some urgent help if possible. I have two main grounds for dispute.
1. The actual parking contravention did not occur as stated and the behaviour of the parking wardens was disgusting!
2. I never recieved an initial letter to say I would be charged for the offence and I was never given an initial chance to dispute the situation! They claim to have sent an initial PCN out but I never recieved it so my only guess is that it got lost in the post!
What avenues can I take now? I have 3 days to respond before my debt is passed to the bayliffs so any advise would be very very gratefully recieved
Regards
adz