Clampers told to pay back fine

Wheelclampers who forced a motorist to pay a large fine after he left his vehicle to check signs in a private car park have been told to compensate the driver.

Charity worker Rehan Shafiq, 34, was ordered to pay £350 by staff from parking enforcement company Securak, who allegedly threatened to take away his Nissan Micra after he got out to look for signs at the Bull pub car park in London Road, Barking.

The clampers are said to have told him he "should not have got outside" his vehicle to read the board, then "harassed" him into paying by warning him that the charge would keep rising.

Mr Shafiq won an action against the Brentwood firm at Ilford county court. A judge ordered Securak to pay back the £350 fees and awarded him £85 costs.