A man was slapped with a £65 fine because his car’s shadow was in a disabled parking spot.

Matthew Cole received the ticket after leaving his vehicle outside Blackheath Post Office in Lewisham in March.

Mr Cole, a self-employed gardener, said he was “gobsmacked” when he opened a letter in April alleging he had parked illegally.

But photos sent to him by Lewisham Council show his silver Ford estate car parked in an unmarked bay next to a signposted disabled spot.

Only the shadow of his vehicle appears to be in the marked disabled bay.

Mr Cole said: “It’s absurd. There’s no signage where I parked and the photos they sent me only show the shadow of my car in the disabled spot.

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