Doug Forbes paid to park for three hours in Gloucester, but the ticket expired within minutes.
Doug Forbes said he became "more and more annoyed" about the situation the more he thought about itA man has been hit with an £80 parking fine despite paying for three hours' parking as the ticket he was issued with was only valid for seven minutes.
He paid £2.50, which is the rate for a parking ticket valid for up to three hours, and went for a meal, the"I won't be coming back to Gloucester for a long time," Mr Forbes said. Mr Forbes bought his parking ticket at 17:54 GMT but the ticket he received in error was only valid until 18:01."Didn't think anything of it. We went for a meal at Bill's and then came back about an hour and a half later to find we had got a ticket."He called the council to appeal but "they rejected it".
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