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B'ham Post 29 Oct 10
Four car clampers have pleaded guilty to conspiracy to defraud over their involvement with a city centre car clamping scheme that collected more than £100,000 from at least 300 motorists.
The operation came to light after hundreds of angry drivers complained to Birmingham City Council’s trading standards department because their vehicles had been clamped or towed away after they had parked for just a few minutes in the Digbeth area of the city…
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Express & Star 27 May 10
The boss of a car clamping company that ruthlessly preyed on innocent motorists across the Black Country as part of a cruel scam to con them out of thousands of pounds was today behind bars.
Unlicensed Andrew Baker ran the notorious Inter Park UK that pocketed at least £12,000 from motorists by clamping and towing away cars in Walsall, Wolverhampton and Birmingham…
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Ross McCarthy B'ham Mail 13 Apr 10
One of Birmingham’s most despised car clampers could be jailed after admitting fraud offences against law-abiding motorists. Andrew Baker, of Pithall Road, Shard End, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to defraud drivers who he wrongly said were parked illegally at Birmingham Crown Court on Monday.
The 29-year-old admitted to offences between March 2007 and March 2008. Appearing alongside Baker at Birmingham Crown Court was Gary Gwilliam, 54, of Mountbatten Road, Bentley, Walsall, who admitted making a false representation…
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Neil Elkes B'ham Mail 29 Dec 09
A 20-year-old student nurse from Walsall has taken on car clampers and won a £390 fine back following court action. Lydia Dykes was left stranded in Newtown after Midway Parks decided a £1 all-day pay and display parking ticket was only valid for 12 hours and towed her black Ford Ka away…
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Express & Stars 28 Dec 09
Car clampers are on the rise as the number of people holding licences for the unpopular practice has soared this year. Figures released today by drivers group the RAC Foundation reveal that 2,100 individuals are now licensed to clamp. This is an increase from 1,200 in March 2008 and 1,900 in April 2009…
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Walsall Advertiser 24 Dec 09
A social worker who won a legal battle with a car clamping firm says his car is now in such a poor condition the car is undriveable and he will not take it back. Garnet Grey, from Dora Road, Pleck, won his court case earlier this month against Elite Parking Control…
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Express & Star 5 Dec 09
A Pleck social worker who took on clamping firm Elite Parking Control Ltd after it demanded “outrageous” sums in return for his car which had been clamped and towed away from Dudley Street in Walsall, has won a landmark legal battle and could now get a record payout…
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Catherine Lillington Birmingham Mail 17 Sep 09
A mother-of-two from Nottingham who was left stranded overnight in Birmingham when clampers towed her car away to Walsall, has taken them to court and won…
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John Marsden Birmingham Post 2 Sep 09
Illegal car clampers who fund lavish lifestyles by causing misery for drivers face having their assets seized. Police say they will look closely at the finances of anybody involved in using bully-boy tactics, fraud or blackmail to line their pockets at the expense of motorists. Their homes and cars could be seized by police under the Proceeds of Crime Act…
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Birmingham Mail 26 August 09
Four men who work for a Birmingham car clamping firm were today arrested in swoops by police…