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£200 fine after motorist pleads guilty to misusing Blue Badge (5 May 2015)

Date: 05/05/2015
Duncan Lewis, Legal News Solicitors, £200 fine after motorist pleads guilty to misusing Blue Badge

A motorist has pleaded guilty to Blue Badge misuse, after police found she was using a disabled parking badge belonging to another motorist.

Karen Patterson, 55, of Reynard’s Way in Bricket Wood near Watford was caught after she parked on a double yellow line in Lower High Street in Watford, with her car displaying a Blue Badge.

Patterson was stopped as part of Hertfordshire Constabulary's Operation Clamp, when it was found she was using the Blue Badge without the owner present.

Operation Clamp was launched in 2012 as a joint initiative between Hertfordshire Police and Watford Borough Council fraud team, to combat Blue Badge fraud.

At Watford Magistrates’ Court on Monday, 27 April, Patterson pleaded guilty to misusing a Blue Badge and was fined more than £200, comprising a fine of £85, costs of £100 and a £20 victim surcharge.

After the hearing, fraud manager for Watford Borough Council, Garry Turner, said:

“The police and council regularly work together.

“This successful prosecution sends another clear message that blue badge misuse won't be tolerated.”

Disabled drivers displaying a Blue Badge can park near their destination as a passenger or a driver.

A Blue Badge also enables disabled motorists to park on single and double yellow lines – as well as in some pay and display bays – without charge.

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Duncan Lewis fraud lawyers can advise at any stage of a charge involving fraud, including benefit fraud, Blue Badge misuse, financial fraud, identity fraud, housing fraud or credit card fraud.

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