Workman endangered wardens in van ‘rescue’

A MAN yesterday admitted endangering traffic wardens by jumping onto a recovery truck to ‘rescue’ his van as it was being impounded over unpaid parking fines.

Charlie Dunn’s work vehicle was being loaded onto the truck when he jumped into the driver’s seat to try to get the van off the recovery vehicle.

Dunn – who faced hundreds of pounds worth of parking tickets – drove it back and forwards to break free from the cable and winch it was attached to.

The tradesman, who had leapt from his bed when he realised his vehicle was being impounded, kept going as the recovery truck driver tried to keep winching the van on board.

Fiscal depute Michael Sweeney told Perth Sheriff Court: ‘The

‘He drove off the recovery truck’

winch held firm for a period until eventually the accused was successful and the hooks were dropped. He drove off and away from the recovery truck.

‘Witnesses were concerned for their safety. The strain could have caused the winch to snap and the hooks could have flown in the other direction.’

Dunn, 29, of Perth, admitted acting in a culpable and reckless manner in the city’s Canal Street on June 21 last year.

Sheriff Gillian Wade ordered him to carry out 150 hours unpaid work and told him he had posed a danger to the recovery driver and the traffic wardens.