Car clamp nightmare for city driver
A CITY woman will lose her car because a friend ran up a bill of thousands of pounds ignoring London's Congestion Charge.
Elaine Lynch's Mazda remains clamped by bailiffs outside her Kents Hill home because the six charges of just 5 each were not paid back in March and April last year.
Her former friend racked up the charges when he borrowed her car to work as a builder in the capital. With charges and the involvement of bailiffs the bill soared into the thousands.
He has written to Transport for London accepting responsibility but has so far refused to pay the bill, which has been reduced to 655 after protests by Ms Lynch.
"I lent him my car as a favour because he needed to work and he did this to me," said Elaine.
"The bill was up to nearly 3,000 at one point, but I got it down to 655 and he said he would sort it, but he hasn't."
She added that she is now waiting for bailiffs from Northampton based
Equita to return to tow it away as she can't afford to pay the bill.
Transport for London has acknowledged his acceptance of responsibility but says that it cannot transfer liability, so Elaine will have to cover the cost.
"655 is a lot of money to me, there's no way I can afford that now.
"He accepted he was responsible, but they can't do anything about it as I am the registered owner of the car, so all I can do is wait for them to take it."
lee.macgregor@mkcitizen.co.uk
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