We were shocked to come back from holiday to find council had taken our £22k Mercedes & SOLD it… don’t make same mistake

Ravi Oak and Anu Apte have been fighting the case for years, but are now looking to take the civil court. A couple have been left horrified after bailiffs repossessed their �22,000 car as punishment for failing to pay a �35 bus gate fine. Ravi Oak, 55, and Anu Apte, 53, unknowingly drove through a bus gate in their Mercedes C350E in Chelmsford, Essex, and then went to India for six months because of a family bereavement. Essex County Council sent a �35 penalty charge notice to the couple’s address in Colchester...