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The practice of CCTV camera operators zooming their camera away when evidence of passengers gertting into or out of vehicles is getting out of hand!
Here is a recent adjudication case!
| Case Reference: |
2100599252 |
| Appellant: |
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| Authority: |
Westminster |
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| PCN: |
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| Contravention Date: |
01 Oct 2010 |
| Contravention Time: |
08:45 |
| Contravention Location: |
Great Cumberland Place |
| Penalty Amount: |
£120.00 |
| Contravention: |
Parked in a restricted street |
| Decision Date: |
02 Apr 2011 |
| Adjudicator: |
Anthony Chan |
| Appeal Decision: |
Allowed |
| Direction: |
cancel the Penalty Charge Notice and the Notice to Owner. |
| Reasons: |
The Appellant was a minicab driver. He took a booking at the Cumberland Hotel. When he got near, he asked his passenger to come to the pavement and the latter agreed. He said that the customer was on crutches. He was on his way out but fell in the lobby. This delayed him by a minute or so. The Appellant said, and I could see, that the doorman was opening the door to his vehicle just as the camera panned away.
I accept the Appellant's account and find that the boarding exception applied in this case. I am allowing the appeal.
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