A woman has been fined for using her son’s blue badge to park while he was at school.

Irene Makukidze, of Dendridge Close, in Enfield Lock, became the third person in less than a month to be fined for blue badge misuse.

Mrs Makukidze pleaded guilty in writing to using her son’s blue badge to park in a pay and display bay on July 7.

Tottenham Magistrates Court ordered the woman to pay £410 on October 30.

Ozdes Gullu, of Broadlands Avenue, Enfield, also pleaded guilty in writing and was fined £135 and ordered to pay costs of £225 and a £20 victim surcharge after being caught parking illegally on June 17.

Mehmet Kurt, pleaded guilty on the same day and was fined £40 and ordered to pay costs of £40 and a victim surcharge of £20 after being caught by the council on June 17.
 
All three people could have purchased a pay and display ticket for an hour in Hertford Road at a cost of £1.20.

Enfield Borough Council’s cabinet member for environment and community safety, Councillor Chris Bond, said: “We do not tolerate blue badge fraud in Enfield and we prosecute everyone we find committing this crime.
 
“The message to people who think they can dodge parking charges by using someone else’s blue badge is, ‘you can’t’, we will find you, we will prosecute you, and you will end up paying an exorbitant cost for what is in essence a criminally bad decision.”