Disabled parking cheat fined

A WOMAN who dishonestly used her mother’s blue disabled parking badge has been fined £75.

Rotherham magistrates also ordered Allison Coupland, of Droppingwell Farm Close, Kimberworth, to pay a £75 fine, £50 costs and a £15 victim surcharge.

Coupland (54)  had pleaded guilty by post to using her mother’s badge to park in a disabled parking bay in a car park off Corporation Street even though her mother was not present.

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Rotherham Borough Council's Parking Services Manager, Martin Beard, said: "I am delighted with this result. This is further evidence of our commitment to stamping out this crime which causes significant disadvantage to people with genuine needs."

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