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Fraudster fined after using dead mother's Blue Badge to beat the school run

An Uxbridge mum has been ordered to pay almost £3,000 after fraudulently using a Blue Badge to get a parking space during the school run.   Following an investigation by Hillingdon Council's counter-fraud team, Carly Kent, 43, from Uxbridge, was convicted of misuse of a disabled person's badge during a hearing at Uxbridge Magistrates' Court on 20 June.   The court was told the defendant had indicated her guilty plea by submitting a form in the post.   The counter-fraud team had been actively patrolling for instances of Blue Badge fraud in Uxbridge on 14 November 2022, when colleagues in the council's parking service alerted them to a suspected misuse during pick-up times at a local school.   The team later discovered Ms Kent using the Blue Badge to park on double-yellow lines, without the badge holder present, the court was told. The counter-fraud team's investigation revealed the badge belonged to Ms Kent's deceased mother, but it wasn't until she was interviewed under caution that Ms Kent admitted displaying the badge.   Ms Kent was ordered to pay a fine of £440, a victim surcharge of £176 and the council's prosecution costs of £2,342.    #uxbridge #hillingdon #bluebadge #bluebadgefraud #misuseofdisabledbadge #fraudster #schoolrun #investigation #parkingenforcement Read the full article