Council refuses to refund fines

A campaigner is demanding police action against a London borough after it refused to refund motorists who were "wrongly" fined.

Camden doubled the size of a yellow box junction in West Hampstead in 2005 and 73 motorists were fined at the junction of West End Lane and Cleve Road.

However, campaigner Paul Pearson spotted it was twice as big as allowed under Department for Transport rules.

He contacted Camden in November 2005 and last monthCamden repainted the box, cutting it in half. But the council is refusing to refund the fines.

"We do not consider it appropriate to repay motorists retrospectively," a spokeswoman said.

Mr Pearson is pressing the Met to investigate, alleging misfeasance.