Hi guys,
One of our drivers was unloading to a convenience store, when they realised they were being in a issued a ticket for being in a Permit holders only box (allowed to do so as long as the correct exemptions are met). Having spoke to the driver apparently the shop keeper was infuriated with this as the CEO could clearly see unloading activity therefore he confronted him.. not because the driver asked him to.. they have no allegiances... our driver had finished his deliveries at thispoint and went to the van to avoid confrontation. There was no ticket issued on the vehicle so he assumed that he hadn't issued it yet.
Now here is the annoying bit.. he didn't mention the activity to us, however we only received a NTO with a fixed penalty of £130 for this alleged contravention. Slightly confused by this i called islington to find why there is no evidence and she suggested that there was no evidence "due to danger of the CEO". Not quite sure where we stand with this.. however, surely at worst we should have been offered the original £65 fixed penalty fee right?
I have attached the pcn for you to see...
I am thinking of either appeal for a) contravention did not occur as we have unloading invoice etc)
or B) because there is no evidence.. plus surely we should have received a fixed ticket on our window screen and not a NTO which is a £130.
Any help is appreciated, thanks!
Alex