A brazen Kingston University student was caught using a forged disabled blue badge to enjoy free parking for her studies.
Lavender Hill Magistrates' Court
Maryah Kamran, 21, was exposed during a local authority operation targeting abusers of the scheme.
She appeared at Lavender Hill Magistrates' Court, where she pleaded guilty to using a parking device, with intent to deceive on April 30, last year.
In a statement to investigators Kamran, of Mercian Way, Slough said: “I accept my actions were wrong. I am sorry, I should never have taken possession of the badge or displayed it.”
She was conditionally discharged for twelve months and ordered to pay £1,033 costs, plus a £26 victim surcharge.
The court heard council investigators observed Kamran park outside Kingston University and display a blue disable badge, purportedly issued to a 64 year-old woman in the London Borough of Islington.
Ninety minutes later she returned to her vehicle and was approached by the investigators, who inspected the blue badge and noticed it was obviously “lighter and thinner” than a genuine one.
Kamran claimed to have been given the blue badge by a friend who she refused to identify.
She confirmed she was not disabled and had been using the blue badge to utilise convenient parking for her studies.
When asked about paying the costs Kamran told the court: “I’m about to finish university so hope to have a job soon.”
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