Barking and Dagenham (Parliament Politics Magazine) – A man in Barking has been fined by Barkingside Magistrates’ Court for misusing a disabled parking badge, as part of wider enforcement on public offences.
The court in east London recently heard a number of cases, including theirs.
After making an appearance on June 4, 2025, Ijaz Hussain, 53, of Burnside Road, Dagenham, was ordered to pay £20,142.45 in penalties, costs, and a surcharge.
He entered a guilty plea to violating an enforcement notice at 92 Burnside Road, Dagenham, from October 20, 2023, until January 11, 2024.
Barking and Dagenham Council’s notice mandated that the property’s usage as independent, self-contained apartments stop, and that some changes, such as removing all but one kitchen and internal door locks, be reversed.
He kept using the building against these conditions.
They considered his guilty plea.
He has until September 4, 2025, to make the entire payment.
On August 29, 2024, Michael Ofori-Arthur, 51, of Hatch Road, London, changed his plea to guilty and was ordered to pay £1,020 in fines, court costs, and a surcharge for misusing a disability parking badge in Barking.
He was not entitled to a disabled person’s concession, but he was using the car in a situation where one would have been accessible.
He has until July 2, 2025, to make all payments.
What led to the man being fined for misusing a disabled parking badge in Barking?
When council parking enforcement officers found that the man in Barking was using a disability parking badge that was either stolen or false, they punished him for misusing it.
The council’s Parking Enforcement Team inspected cars parked in permit bays with blue badges after receiving complaints from locals, which led to this action.
Officers discovered a Hackney Council badge that had been reported stolen in one case and a phony badge in another.
Both drivers were forced to pay storage fees and any unpaid parking tickets, had their cars seized, and had their badges taken away. They were also prosecuted for using a blue badge illegally, which may have resulted in criminal records and fines of up to £1,000.