A couple received a £100 parking fine at an NHS urgent care centre - even though they stayed there for just five minutes after being refused treatment.
Rebecca Elmes drove her boyfriend Aaron Rayment-Davis to Harold Wood Polyclinic in Romford, east London, after he developed a crippling pain in his left ear.
After walking into the reception on the evening of June 16, they were told the clinic was only open for triage and they would need to try the A&E department at a local hospital instead.
The pair, both 26, walked back into the car and drove off - only to receive a £100 parking fine in the post a month later.
Parkingeye - a private firm that turns over £57million a year - noted that their car had arrived at the car park just after 6.50pm and spent only five minutes there before leaving.
