A parking company has finally scrapped fines issued to motorists who attended a Dundee Remembrance Day service months after drivers were told to tear up their tickets.
More than a dozen people were hit with parking tickets when they attended the annual Remembrance Day service on board the Frigate Unicorn in November.
Witnesses claimed parking wardens descended on vehicles just moments after the Royal Naval Reserve service began.
Organisers of the event had forgotten to seek permission to use the car park so Vehicle Control Services, which operates the car park on behalf of owners the Unicorn Property Group, had been correct in issuing the tickets.
However, Unicorn director Tim Allan said he would make sure the fines were binned and told anyone who had been given a ticket to tear it up.
That seemed to be the end of the matter until the start of this month when two people received demands from Vehicle Control Services.
And instead of the original £60 fine, penalised motorists were instead being asked to pay an increased fine of £100.
Petty Officer Simon Johnson and former Dundee Lord Provost Mervyn Rolfe both received the demands.
However, after being contacted by The Courier, the company has now agreed to scrap the fines as originally promised.
A spokesman for Vehicle Control Services said: “We had to make certain assumptions about which vehicles had parked for the purposes of attending the Remembrance service.
“However, we have reviewed the Parking Charge Notices (PCNs) relating to Mr Johnson and Mr Rolfe and confirm they have now been cancelled.
“We now believe that all relevant PCNs have been identified and closed. However, should any motorists who attended the remembrance service receive any further correspondence, we would ask them to contact us in order that the matter can be resolved.”
He added: “As previously highlighted, Vehicle Control Services Limited were not informed of any concessions to the car park terms and conditions on the date in question and therefore issued PCNs in accordance with our contractual obligations.”
Petty Officer Johnson said: “I got an email from Vehicle Control Services confirming the charges had been dropped.”