An independent tribunal has backed a driver who said a traffic warden tampered with a parking restriction notice near his car. CCTV footage was used in the decision to support Joseph Hayat’s assertion that he had legally parked outside his workplace in Dock Road, Canning Town South on August 13.
The TV producer, 23, was fined £65 – plus a £200 vehicle removal fee – for parking in the same place where temporary conditions had been placed from June 20 to July 3. However, the traffic warden was found by the Lo ndon Tribunals to have added a new notice with the dates August 5 to August 26 after Mr Hayat had parked his car.
Newham Council, which did not send a representative to the tribunal, is now reviewing the incident in light of the ruling last Thursday.
