Councillor rants at traffic wardens after getting fine
Jack Evans
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FROM JOHN JEFFAY AT CASCADE NEWS LTD 0161 660 8087 / 07771 957773 john@cascadenews.co.uk / www.cascadenews.co.uk Ben Locker, is a Colchester councillor and he got himself in hot water when he swore in a Tweet when he was given a parking ticket when his car, Daphne, broke down. A PROLIFIC tweeter landed himself in hot water when he criticised his own council after getting a parking ticket. Ben Locker, a borough councillor, let rip at the North East Essex Parking Partnership after his Seventies Triumph Herald was slapped with a parking ticket. The outburst was reported to Colchester Council’s monitoring officer because of the bad language used in connection with a member of staff. Mr Locker has now apologised.
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A Conservative councillor has been forced to apologise for ranting at his town's traffic wardens after getting a parking ticket.
Ben Locker's 40-year-old car broke down in Colchester and while he went to get a new battery for it he was left with a £70 fine.
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