So what would you do if you arrived back home to find that someone else has parked their car on your driveway?

I guess you’d be pretty miffed especially after you discover that it’s not illegal, and the police can’t help you to remove it.

Theoretically it is trespass so you could attempt redress through the courts. 

You could attempt to try and move the car yourself but could then be liable for any resultant damage as well as for all manner of potential offences, if you merely push the vehicle on to the road and leave it there!

So a couple in Northumberland blocked the vehicle in and demanded the owner pay them £100 to get the vehicle back.

They also demanded payment in cash saying that they did not accept cheques or card payment.

When the owner returned they were less than amused and claimed that they had been victims of a scam having paid for the spot through JustPark.

Police said that the driver could attempt to get their money back through the courts.

A spokesperson for JustPark confirmed that their fraud team had flagged this space as potentially fraudulent but it had somehow slipped through the system. 

Looks like JustPark will have to sort that one out!

Later on today’s programme we heard more from Margaret Mills about the colourful clergyman, Henry Bate Dudley.

Having spent a fortune building himself a luxurious rectory at Bradwell-on-Sea, it seems that he was initially prevented from becoming vicar of the parish, until the existing incumbent had died.

But that didn’t work either as church authorities then vetoed his appointment on the grounds that he was not considered to be a fit and suitable person to hold this office.

Not surprisingly this decision went down like the proverbial lead balloon with the said, Henry Bate Dudley.

What happened next you can learn by listening again here to what Margaret told me today on this subject: –

See you again tomorrow,
Scott