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Parking fine paid on toilet paper


Richard Roper wrote the cheque to pay for a parking fine on toilet paper

A retired managing director who wrote a cheque to pay a parking fine on toilet paper was ordered to spend a day in court as a punishment.
Richard Roper, 63, of Long Melford, Suffolk, was issued with a summons when Suffolk Police refused to cash the cheque because it would cost £15.
When he appeared before magistrates he was told to sit at the back of the court throughout a morning session.
Mr Roper was fined £30 for illegally parking his car across two spaces.
He was issued the ticket in Sudbury on 30 September.
Appearing before the town's magistrates on Wednesday he said: "This is not a case of not wishing or refusing to pay but a case of the authorities refusing to accept my payment.
"What I did here, your honour, was done in good humour."
In a letter he read to the court, Mr Roper added: "My payment... has been written on stationery which aptly reflects my feelings towards the system which I am unfortunately forced to support through my taxes."
He said his offer to double the fine and pay £60 to the East Anglian Children's Hospice if his penalty was quashed was rejected by Suffolk Police.
After the hearing, he said: "I think the punishment is fine. I made my peaceful protest.

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And it's gets better still:

Parcel of 10p coins sparks scare


A motorist who paid a £30 fixed penalty charge in 10p pieces sparked a bomb scare in Suffolk when the parcel was treated as a suspect package.
Staff at a ticket handling office in the centre of Ipswich called police after noticing the package was unusually heavy, Suffolk Police said.
Workers were evacuated, buses were diverted and an army bomb disposal team was brought in to X-ray the package.
It was then discovered it contained coins sent as payment for the fine.
Staff raised alarm
Staff at the Central Ticket Office reported the package felt heavy and rattled when moved.
The office processes payment of fines for police, magistrates' courts and Suffolk SafeCam, which operates speed cameras in the county.
The sender paid for the parcel to be sent by special delivery.
A Suffolk Police spokeswoman said after police received the report of the suspect package an army bomb disposal team from Colchester barracks in Essex was called in.
Michelle Finnerty, from Suffolk SafeCam, said: "The sender on this occasion has wasted police time, has wasted the bomb disposal team's time and caused unnecessary concern and anxiety.
"In the process they've cost themselves more money in having to post the parcel special delivery."

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