woman is being taken to court for £1,906 after she took longer than five minutes to pay for parking.

Rosey Hudson said she was unable to pay while standing in the car park in Derby due to poor signal on her phone.

She walked to where she could get connected and paid the full tariff every time she parked there – but despite this, Excel Parking Ltd sent her 10 Parking Charge Notices (PCNs).

The BBC contacted the car park operator, which said Miss Hudson had breached its terms and conditions and was “the author of her own misfortune”.

Two MPs – Lola McEvoy and Abtisam Mohamed – have previously written to Excel Parking with concerns about people being unfairly fined at other car parks it operates.

Miss Hudson believes the five-minute payment rule is “totally unreasonable”.

“I haven’t got children but I can imagine a busy mum trying to sort her kids out, trying to pay for something when there’s no signal here, and the machine being out of order,” she said.

“This has been going on for over a year now, and I’m just really hoping it can be resolved.

“I desperately don’t want this to happen to anybody else, more than anything, because it gives you a lot of stress.”

Why is Miss Hudson being asked to pay £1,906?