A mental health support worker paid £83.50 for just an hour of parking - after a firm fined him for not buying a ticket, even though their machine was out of order.
Lenny Samms, 63, of Eastbourne, told MailOnline he received an £85 charge in early January for the totally accidental breach in October last year.
He parked at Iceland - but with the payment machine not working, he could not buy a ticket: 'I thought, "There's other cars here, I'll just get on with my day".'
Mr Samms was only away from his car for an hour, which normally costs £1.50 - so with an £85 charge, he essentially paid £83.50 more than he should have had to.
That comes in at a pricey £1.40 per minute - nearly the normal hourly rate, thanks to the fine issued by Horizon Parking.
