{"id":1407,"date":"2025-03-26T14:49:52","date_gmt":"2025-03-26T15:49:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/softnary.com\/?p=1407"},"modified":"2025-03-27T11:27:57","modified_gmt":"2025-03-27T11:27:57","slug":"i-was-given-a-100-parking-fine-but-i-was-at-a-funeral-on-the-other-side-of-town","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/softnary.com\/index.php\/2025\/03\/26\/i-was-given-a-100-parking-fine-but-i-was-at-a-funeral-on-the-other-side-of-town\/","title":{"rendered":"I was given a \u00a3100 parking fine \u2013 but I was at a funeral on the other side of town"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Maurizio and Brigida Capoccia were determined not to pay Euro Car Parks for the mistaken fine (Picture: Belinda Jiao)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

A pensioner was handed a \u00a3100 fine saying he had parked at a north London<\/a>\u00a0Sainsbury\u2019s<\/a>\u00a0while he was at a funeral miles away.<\/p>\n

Maurizio Capoccia, 66, from Enfield, was left shocked when he received a surprise fine from Euro Car Parks saying his blue Suzuki had spent hours at the supermarket car park on Friday, January 27.<\/p>\n

The pensioner, who lives with his wife Brigida, 60, and dog Max, said it was \u2018impossible\u2019 he was at the supermarket on Crown Road.<\/p>\n

The couple, who have two adult children, were attending Brigida\u2019s uncle\u2019s funeral on the other side of town at St John Vianney Catholic Church.<\/p>\n

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Maurizio said Euro Car Parks trying to charge him \u00a3100 was \u2018unjust\u2019 (Picture: Belinda Jiao)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

He told Metro<\/strong>: \u2018My wife and I had to go to a funeral at 11am on Friday, January 27. <\/p>\n

\u2018They said the fine was on the same day. It said we were at Sainsbury\u2019s for six hours. <\/p>\n

\u2018The church is six miles from it.\u2019 <\/p>\n

He said getting the \u00a3100 fine was \u2018definitely a shock.\u2019 <\/p>\n

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Comment now<\/title><span class=\"metro-comment-cta__text\">Have you been affected like Maurizio? Please email noora.mykkanen@metro.co.uk <\/span><\/span><a class=\"metro-comment-cta__button\" href=\"#metro-comments-container\">Comment Now<\/a><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p>\u2018How did Euro Car Parks have photos of my car at the same time in the car park?<\/p>\n<p>\u2018We left home at 10am and before that my wife was at Boots, and I took my dog out. I never leave my dog in the car on his own for shopping,\u2019 he said. <\/p>\n<p>Maurizio decided to challenge the fine issued by the parking giant, which runs more than 750 car parks in the UK and Europe. <\/p>\n<div class=\"factbox\" data-ico=\"factbox_article\" data-track-module=\"factbox_article\">\n<h2 class=\"factbox-title\">\n\t\t\t\tLatest London news\t\t\t<\/h2>\n<div class=\"factbox-content\">\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/2025\/03\/26\/e-bike-ban-announced-london-underground-station-fires-22794171\/\">E-bikes to be banned on London Underground in days after string of station fires<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/2025\/03\/26\/new-big-brother-cameras-announced-london-despite-dystopian-warning-22790959\/\">First permanent facial recognition cameras to go up in London despite ‘dystopian’ warning<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/2025\/03\/22\/new-theory-behind-heathrow-fire-left-200-000-travelers-stranded-22771670\/\"><a href=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/2025\/03\/26\/rival-gangs-machetes-fight-tube-station-platform-front-commuters-22793694\/\">Machete fight breaks out between rival gangs in front of commuters<\/a><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em><strong>To get the latest news from the capital visit Metro’s<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/tag\/london\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"> London news hub<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<figure class=\"img-container shareable-item wp-caption\">\n<div class=\"img-wrap\">\n\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"646\" height=\"431\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" class=\"article-image wp-image-22761901 lazyload\" alt=\"A man and his wife with a parking ticket they got from Euro Car Parks in Enfield.\" loading=\"lazy\" data-src=\"http:\/\/softnary.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/SEI_244518525-4a93.jpg\">\t<\/div><figcaption>Maurizio said there is no way he would have been at the Sainsbury\u2019s car park for six hours because he would \u2018never leave my dog in the car on his own\u2019 (Picture: Belinda Jiao)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u2018The fine was \u00a360 and \u00a3100 after that. I didn\u2019t pay because once you pay, they close the case,\u2019 he said. <\/p>\n<p>Fortunately, the couple were captured on the church\u2019s CCTV, which they gave to Maurizio. <\/p>\n<p>But, getting hold of Euro Car Parks was \u2018difficult,\u2019 he claimed. <\/p>\n<p>\u2018It was very difficult to communicate with Euro Car Park. We didn\u2019t hear from them,\u2019 he alleged. <\/p>\n<p>After repeated attempts to send the CCTV footage to the company to challenge the fine, he complained to Sainsbury\u2019s. <\/p>\n<p>\u2018They told us our fine is being cancelled.\u2019 <\/p>\n<p>He said it\u2019s the \u2018injustice\u2019 that angers him, adding that \u2018we couldn\u2019t be there, couldn\u2019t be there for six hours.\u2019 <\/p>\n<p>A Sainsbury\u2019s spokesperson said: \u2018We\u2019re in touch with the customer to apologise for their experience and have worked with\u00a0Euro Car Parks to arrange for the parking fine to be waived. We\u2019re looking into what happened on this occasion.\u2019 <\/p>\n<p>We approached Euro Car Parks for a comment. <\/p>\n<p class=\"\"><strong><strong><strong>Get in touch with our news team by emailing us at <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"mailto:webnews@metro.co.uk\" target=\"_blank\">webnews@metro.co.uk<\/a>.<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"\"><strong>For more stories like this, <\/strong><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/news\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>check our news page<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Maurizio and Brigida Capoccia were determined not to pay Euro Car Parks for the mistaken fine (Picture: Belinda Jiao) A pensioner was handed a \u00a3100 fine saying he had parked at a north London\u00a0Sainsbury\u2019s\u00a0while he was at a funeral miles away. 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