Man’s parked car lifted by tow truck and double yellow lines painted underneath before he is fined

This is the moment a car was lifted by a tow truck before yellow lines appear to be painted underneath – with the furious driver saying he was then fined for ‘parking illegally’. 

Bus driver James Dee, 43, says he drove to work as usual, parking his red Vauxhall Zafira on Beadman Street in Norwood, south London one May morning before starting his shift at a nearby bus depot. 

He insists that there were no lines or restrictions on the road at the time he parked up. 

But when he returned to his vehicle that evening, he was baffled to find his car facing in the opposite direction with double yellow lines under his back wheel – and a parking ticket.

CCTV published in the Sun newspaper last night appears to show how the incident unfolded. 

James Dee managed to get hold of CCTV which showed his parked car being lifted by a tow truck

‘I couldn’t believe it. Not only did the council move my car to paint the lines, they then had the cheek to slap on a parking ticket which I’m having to appeal,’ Mr Dee told the Sun. 

‘I’m absolutely fuming, I’m not paying a penny.’

He explained: ‘Where I’d left my car there were no lines whatsoever, but when I came back that night at about 8.30pm, my car was facing the opposite way to how I parked it, there were double yellow lines underneath my back wheel, and a ticket in my window.’ 

He says double yellow lines were painted underneath after his car was lifted off the road 

Mr Dee says he was slapped with a £55 fine for parking illegally but appealed the ticket.

According to reports, Lambeth Council denied his claim, insisting he had parked on a single yellow line. 

Then facing an increased £110 fine, Mr Dee managed to get the CCTV from a local business. 

He has now submitted a formal appeal with the CCTV footage.  

MailOnline has contacted Lambeth Council for comment. 

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