A MOTHER is contemplating legal action against Worcester City Council after receiving a parking ticket during the Christmas Fayre.

Jaine Hall was given the £40 ticket after parking in a "non-designated" area of Copenhagen Street open-air car park on Saturday, December 1.

She claims Worcester City Council made thousands of pounds during the course of the fair through their own incompetence, and is now taking legal action against the council under the Human Rights Act.

"It's just a case of bad management - the council wanted to attract as much cash to the city but did not provide enough parking," said Mrs Hall.

"I just wanted to come and spend my money in the city."

Mrs Hall, of Mandalay Drive, Norton, near Worcester, parked in Copenhagen Street after being directed there by two traffic wardens and one police officer.

She had already searched across the whole city for a space for more than an hour, and had waited for a space in Copenhagen Street for half an hour before parking in the non-designated area.

She returned to her car with her two young children to find she had been given a ticket, along with around 20 other vehicles that had been caught out.

After complaining about the failure to provide adequate parking and traffic management, she was told the decision was final.

"I wouldn't like to comment on individual cases, but everyone has the right to appeal," said Paul Kyte, assistant engineer at Worcester City Council.

"This process starts with the city council, and ends with the magistrates' courts.