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Manchester - Incorrect Digit - Contravention 06
DIR By: LondonTraveller84
Date: April 19, 2026, 6:26 pm
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Hi All,
Been some time but bit hit again, after being so good!
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While I am confident I can and should get this overturned on the
grounds of a minor keying error, the number 'o' instead of the
letter 'O', also I had paid for the session, so no ill
intention, however the reason I post is more to get your take on
a different ground, if it would be more a valid and instant win
There is a weird red line running through the PCN and secondly
thereis some text missing in the centre, although i am not sure
if this is due to wear and tear where it was folded within the
PCN wallet thingy.
Await to hear back :)
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Re: Manchester - Incorrect Digit - Contravention 06
DIR By: fraser.mitchell
Date: April 20, 2026, 5:15 am
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Best to stick with the 'O', and '0' argument, because the
legally mandated font for numberplates had the same character
for both.
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Re: Manchester - Incorrect Digit - Contravention 06
DIR By: LondonTraveller84
Date: April 20, 2026, 5:24 am
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> Best to stick with the 'O', and '0' argument, because the
legally mandated font for numberplates had the same character
for both.
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Oh intersting, I did not know that both those appear the same
visually, learnt something knew there then, the warden surely
then must or should check both to be safe ?
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Re: Manchester - Incorrect Digit - Contravention 06
DIR By: stamfordman
Date: April 20, 2026, 8:37 am
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Couple of cases out of many with the caution that some
adjudicators take a hardline. The law that prescribes the VRM
font doesn't actually specify a zero - it is identical to an O.
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Case reference
Appellant
Authority
VRM
PCN Details
PCN
Contravention date
Contravention time
Contravention location
Penalty amount
Contravention
Referral date
Decision Date
Adjudicator
Appeal decision
Direction
Reasons
at Shaftesbury Road Car Park.
At 15:49, I successfully made the required parking payment via
phone for location code 70025, which corresponds to Shaftesbury
Road Car Park.
The payment was confirmed, and I have attached a screenshot of
the transaction from my phone, along with a corresponding bank
statement, as evidence.
Despite my payment being made at 15:49, I was issued the PCN
at 15:55, claiming non-payment of the parking charge.
According to the Council there was no valid payment. The correct
car registration number is WF09CXV.
Ms Akter entered WFO9CXV.
It is common ground that the Council received payment. The
distinction is trifling .the law is not concerned with a trifle.
In any event, according to the Oxford English Dictionary
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O used to mean zero when saying phone numbers, etc.
The Council has relied on a distinction without a difference.
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Case reference
Appellant
Authority
VRM
PCN Details
PCN
Contravention date
Contravention time
Contravention location
Penalty amount
Contravention
Referral date
Decision Date
Adjudicator
Appeal decision
Direction
Owner.
Reasons
being parked in a resident's or shared use parking bay or zone
in Grange Park Road without a valid virtual permit or without
clearly displaying a valid physical permit or voucher or pay and
display ticket where required or without payment of the parking
charge.
I have looked at the CEO's photographs and these show that Dr
Eslami's car was parked in a permit holder only parking bay
during controlled hours. Dr Eslami has explained that he was
given a courtesy car while his own vehicle was being repaired
and that he had changed the registration on the permit. It is
not in dispute that Dr Eslami has a resident's permit. The
Council says that the incorrect vehicle registration had been
entered for the courtesy car because the registration was
entered as KF23 OHX instead of KF23 0HX. The O and the 0
were interchanged.
The keyboard entry 0 may denote a zero but it may, in my
judgement, properly be read in the alternative as a letter and
the same applies the other way round. If someone wrote 0, it
could properly be read as a zero or as the letter of the
alphabet. I find that the alleged contravention did not occur.
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Re: Manchester - Incorrect Digit - Contravention 06
DIR By: LondonTraveller84
Date: April 26, 2026, 7:19 am
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Appeal Won - Thanks as always to both for your advice.
Manchester council clearly are not as difficult as the London
councils who ignore every reason, even ones that are genuine,
they verified payment for the incorrect reg hence allowed it,
although highlighted it if it happens again then may not be so
lucky.
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Re: Manchester - Incorrect Digit - Contravention 06
DIR By: roythebus
Date: April 27, 2026, 3:11 am
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A good result.
The red line through the ticket means his ticket roll is about
to run out.
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Re: Manchester - Incorrect Digit - Contravention 06
DIR By: LondonTraveller84
Date: April 27, 2026, 3:56 am
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> The red line through the ticket means his ticket roll is about
to run out.
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Ahh thats something new I learnt :) a shame that couldn't be
used to invalidate the ticket :D
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