A piece in The Sun, by a female “journalist”. I was reminded of the “Entitlement Princess of the Month” awards someone created many years ago. As an example of female unaccountability and female infantilisation and the justice system’s ridiculously pro-female bias, this case takes some beating. Extracts (with my comments) take up the remainder of this piece:

“A young woman slapped with an £11k parking fine has given the car park operator “a taste of what if feels like” after beating them in court- forcing them to pay £10k in costs. 

Excel Parking was roundly criticised for charging drivers £100 if they took over five minutes to pay at a car park- despite poor signal and a glitchy payment app often making this impossible…

Hannah Robinson, 21, who parked in Feethams Leisure car park in Darlington whilst working at a nearby steak house, has been trying to explain to the company since 2021 that it was impossible to pay the charge within five minutes.

However, in February 2024, Excel demanded she pay £11,390 for 67 breaches [J4MB emphasis] of the five-minute rule at £100 each plus a £70 debt collection fee…

District Judge Janine Richards described Excel’s conduct as “both unreasonable and out of the norm.” [J4MB: Robinson’s 67 breaches of the five-minute rule are, apparently, neither “unreasonable” nor “out of the norm”.]

Over £10k will be paid to Access to Justice Foundation, which raises funds to provide free legal advice to the most marginalised groups, such as single mothers and victims of sexual violence. [J4MB: How are single mothers “marginalised”? And you can be sure this means only female victims of sexual violence.]…

Her nan, Adrienne Atkin, couldn’t believe that “a company could do that.”

She told the BBC: “I was shocked. it had an effect on a young girl [J4MB emphasis – she was eligible to vote at 18 but at 21 she’s still a “young girl”?] that shouldn’t have happened when she should be out working, having fun. [J4MB emphasis.]…

Despite the harassment, [J4MB: By “harassment”, the female “journalist” means how a car park operator dealt with a women flagrantly flouting the car park rules on 67 occasions] she continued to park her BMW in the car park because it was the “safest option” for a young woman at night as there was a lift straight to her workplace… [J4MB emphasis – it would also be the safest option for a young man (who would be more likely than a young woman to be assaulted) but of course no man would get a pro-bono lawyer, nor would there be such an outcome in his favour.]

Hannah had free pro-bono legal representation, but the judge ordered a pro bono costs order where the lawyer is compensated for their costs.”

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