HAVE any other readers had problems parking on Riverside Retail Park? I’ve received a £60 fine from UKPC for apparently parking on the car park for eight hours and 44 minutes.

On the particular day in question I took my children to school before stopping off at McDonald’s on the Riverside to get a cappuccino. I then went home to get my dog and took her for a walk at Victoria Park.

I returned to school at 1.20pm to pick my son up for a medical appointment, then returned to school at 3.30pm to pick up my daughter.

According to the parking fine letter I was parked up on the riverside from 9.04am until 6.44pm.

Surprise surprise I can’t get through to them on the phone.

I’m very worried about their system for fining people. It is quite likely that I returned to the Riverside later in the evening to get dog food or something else from Pets at Home or one of the other shops.

I will not be paying this fine and I’m sure I will be able to get the school’s backing to prove my car wasn’t there between the times they are alleging. I’m concerned for people who are wrongly fined and have no way to prove otherwise.

There is something seriously wrong with the system they are using.

Who knows how many people have been wrongly fined?

MICHELLE BOUZAGLO
Latchford