'I am appalled at myself': Woman who used son’s blue badge seven times fined £2,500
A woman used her son’s blue badge to park in a disabled bay near her workplace seven times in two months, a court heard.
Marija Edwards, 48, was told to pay almost £2,500 in fines and court costs after pleading guilty to the charges, telling magistrates she was “appalled” at her actions.
Mike Davies, prosecuting for Shropshire Council, said the offences were committed in February and March this year, when Edwards used the badge to park in Beeches Lane, Shrewsbury, for the entire day while she was at work.
He said Edwards’ son was not present in the vehicle on any of the days in question, but when interviewed under caution she had claimed that he was being dropped off with her before the end of the day.
Mr Davies said: “By that time she would have been in situ for seven hours, so there was a lack of forethought by her insofar as what she was doing.”
