A gran who was slapped with a £100 fine for overstaying in a car park while she treated her grandchildren to KFC has labelled the time limit penalty "ridiculous."
Maxine Horton, of Poole, Dorset, was fined for staying in the fast food restaurant's car park for 18 minutes too long.
She had taken the kids for a KFC treat.
The youngsters had just recovered from scarlet fever and the outing was one of the first times they'd been able to leave the house.
But weeks later she received a parking penalty from Euro Car Parks, stating she spent one hour and 18 minutes in the retail park's car park - in contravention of the one-hour limit.
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Mrs Horton said: "It gets really busy in there on the Fridays and Saturdays, you cannot get in and out with a couple of kids that need to be fed, it is impossible.
"We went in, they chose what they wanted to eat. We came out and we were exactly an hour and 18 minutes in the car park.
"I didn't think anything more about it, went home, then last week I got a Euro Car Park's 'notice to keeper' for a £100 charge.
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"It is ridiculous, you cannot get kids in and out in one hour, I don't care who you are."
Mrs Horton visited KFC with her grandchildren on the evening of April 26.
She thought it was a scam at first but after contacting Euro Car Parks they explained this signage went in on January 3.
Euro Car Parks have been contacted for a comment.
