£60 fine for taxi driver who parked for 47 seconds outside McDonald's at Springfield Retail Park

A taxi driver landed a £60 parking fine - despite only being outside a McDonald's branch for 47 seconds.

Kam Parvez had gone to the Trent Vale branch to pick up a customer.

But the 33-year-old was stunned to be slapped with the parking penalty at the Springfield Retail Park branch.

It was handed out after the car park operator claimed Mr Parvez had parked on yellow "keep clear" markings near the entrance to the McDonald's car park.

Now Mr Parvez, from Meir Park, has managed to overturn the penalty after winning a second appeal.

He was able to prove that he had never parked on the "keep clear" markings as suggested by the company.

He said: "I was in there for 47 seconds, including the U-turn and including loading the customer into the vehicle."

He adds: "I was parked outside of the restricted area. The customer was already waiting on the roadside.

"They rejected my appeal and included a site map. In there, the area has a red line which goes all the way to the entrance of McDonald's.

"It's bigger than the area they've marked out on the road. I want the public to know.

"They told me it was because I had entered the marked area and I had parked there. But I wasn't parked within the 'keep clear' area, I parked out of that area."

McDonald's has declined to comment as the incident did not take place on its land.

ITV Central has contacted iPark Services for a statement regarding the overturned fine.