Parking cheat’s £2k fine

A DRIVER was ordered to pay more than £2,000 after parking illegally and lying about making deliveries.

James Barford, 34, had produced fake delivery notes and invoices to avoid 11 fines.

Leicester magistrates were told he had parked illegally in a loading bay and a residents’ parking zone near his work.

He was also caught in permit-only residential areas on the outskirts of Leicester city centre.

Barford, of Cotgrave, Notts, pleaded guilty to 11 charges of fraud.

He was fined £846 and told to pay £677 in costs and £630 compensation.