New mum of twins fined £100 after parking space buggy struggle
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A new mum was left picking up a £100 fine after struggling to park her car in order to safely remove her newborn twins at a shopping park. Kelly Kitchen, 36, returned to her vehicle after an hour of shopping to find she had been fined for slightly crossing into the next bay.
The mum-of-two explained that there were no parent and child parking bays available and she needed to fully open both rear car doors to get her boys out of their car seats, which then fit onto the buggy frame. Despite appealing the decision and explaining her situation, Kelly's plea was rejected.
She said there had been a similar incident in a Durham car park where the fine was waived after she explained her predicament - but Teesside Park, where the fine was issued, refused. The personal assistant, currently on maternity leave, was visiting the retail outlet on December 5 with her now 12-week-old sons, Jesse and Joey, when she was hit with the fine.
"It was absolutely packed and there were no parent and child spaces available," she said, adding that she had to park slightly over the line into an empty space next to her to get the car seats out of both sides of her Toyota RAV4. The single mum, from Stainton, has contacted both Teesside Park management and enforcement company Minster Baywatch, but to no avail, reports Teesside Live.
"No-one seems to be interested. No-one wants to help me, I feel like I am just going round in circles," she said. Kelly is now wanting to raise the issue of the parking struggles faced by parents. She says at Teesside Park there too few parent and child spaces, but they're also too narrow for practical use.
