A friend parked illegally overnight. The vehicle was towed away and ended up in the dreaded pound. The vehicle was collected the next day. The cost of rescuing the kidnapped van? The staggering sum of £135. I understand that for each day thereafter, if not collected, £12 is added to the bill as a further penalty. How can this exorbitant amount be justified?
In Dick Turpin's time this, with kidnapping and highway robbery, would have brought the maximum penalty.
-Ron Wood, Hartington Road, Brighton
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