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Man hit with £500 fine after W on his car registration mistaken for another letter
A man was hit with a £500 fine and woke to find bailiffs knocking at his door – after a W on his car registration was mistaken for another letter. Steven Ward, 41, was disturbed at his home by workers from enforcement firm CDER Group. They slapped him with a notice and warned if he didn’t pay they’d take his car – so he stumped up. Steven has since got his money back from the debt collectors. But the HGV driver, from Oldham, Gtr Manchester, said: “It’s just not right. I had no choice [but to pay]. “It was awful and so degrading, having all the neighbours seeing two people coming to take money I really didn’t owe. “I’m not at all happy.” Steven first received a letter from Birmingham City Council in June 2022, asking him to pay an £86 clean air zone fine. He phoned up and sent evidence that his vehicle had been in Oldham – not Birmingham – at the time of the alleged offence. He says he heard nothing back – so thought the matter was closed. But Steven got a second letter last December – this time from CDER Group – asking for more money. The letter said it was an extended penalty notice. Steven then called up and was sent a CCTV image of a Vauxhall Corsa – with plates ending in either AMO or AHO. He sent back a picture of his car, a red Peugeot 206 – with the number plate AWO. He says he pointed out the error and claims he was told no further action would be taken. So Steve was shocked when the bailiffs came to his door on the morning of January 13 – asking for £499. He’d started work at 4pm the day before and finally hit the sack at 5am – before being awoken at 9am. Steven said: “I could see them taking photos in my drive so I went down to find the letter. “Someone or some machine must have just mistaken the registration of the Vauxhall Corsa with my Peugeot registration. “I had worried this might happen and I checked with them but they said it was all sorted.”…
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