Woman slapped with £4,000 bill for mis-using mum’s blue badge in Shrewsbury town centre
A woman who used her mother’s blue badge to illegally park in a disabled bay has been slapped with a court bill of nearly £4,000.
Chloe Norris failed to appear at Telford Magistrates Court to face the charge on Monday but the case went ahead in her absence.
Mike Davies, prosecuting for Shropshire Council, said a parking warden witnessed Norris park her Mini vehicle in a disabled parking space on Shoplatch in Shrewsbury town centre at around 11am on January 5 this year.
The 29-year-old was seen exiting the vehicle with a young child and walking off.
Mr Davies said the traffic warden considered Norris had “no obvious sign of disability” and “appeared very mobile”, so he decided to inspect the blue badge on the vehicle’s dashboard.
He noted the date of birth on the badge was 1966, and contacted the council to confirm the identity of the holder.
