Man jailed for sending council staff offensive messages over parking fine

Gareth Tinson, 34, from Porth has been jailed for four months for sending Cardiff Council staff offensive messages over a parking ticket.

A court heard Tinson sent offensive, indecent and obscene messages after he refused to pay a parking ticket, claiming that he had displayed one on his windscreen.

Gareth Tinson, 34, from Porth. Credit: Cardiff Council

The court was told Tinson used ‘constant profanity’ and the council employee had "never been in receipt of such abuse in 20 years."