A photographer was left with a £50 parking fine after accidentally paying for a ticket - 420 miles away in Scotland.

Simon Everett has complained about Medway Council’s handling of the situation but the local authority has hit back, saying he shouldn’t have been parked there to start with.

The 47-year-old was working at a Rochester Cathedral wedding in May when he was told he would need to pay for more time after originally paying for five hours in the car park.

He got his phone out and paid a £1 fee on the RingGo cashless parking app.

However, he accidentally clicked for a space near Glasgow Cathedral. When he got back to his Nissan after the shift, he was shocked to see a penalty charge notice.

As he felt it was an honest mistake, he decided to appeal.

He said: “I googled the location number for Rochester Cathedral, and must have looked at the wrong cathedral parking number. I thought the council would see the lighter side.

“Two months later and I received a letter saying I hadn’t paid my penalty charge and it had been increased to £75.”

Mr Everett, of Overcliffe, Gravesend, had to wait until last month for a reply to his appeal.

However, this wasn’t in his favour, leaving him upset and angry.

He added: “I had only paid for the wrong location – it’s an easy mistake.

“The council’s attitude to this over £1 and a simple mistake is disgusting and just a continued money generator.

“I feel deflated a council seems so hard up for revenue that they have to go to these measures over £1.”

He has reluctantly paid £50.

Responding to his claims, Medway Council’s head of highways and parking, Simon Swift, said: “The gentleman bought a pay and display ticket and, after it expired, tried to extend his stay using RingGo.

“Even though, it appears he may have paid for parking in Glasgow, the cathedral car park is short stay and motorists are unable to extend their stay once their initial parking period has expired.

“The signs in the car park clearly state there is a maximum five hour stay and that motorists cannot return within two hours of the expiry time on their first pay and display ticket.

“We have looked carefully into the gentleman’s appeal, however, the penalty charge notice was correctly issued.”