A PENSIONER aiming to change the course of legal history after receiving what he claims was an "illegal" parking ticket in Worcester is taking his battle right to the top.

Robin de Crittenden is set to stand on the steps at the Royal Courts Of Justice in London today to announce that he is making an application for a judicial review of the Road Traffic Act 1991.

The 67-year-old, from Willenhall in Wolverhampton, claims the £30 penalty charge notice he received in Worcester two years ago contravenes the Declaration

And Bill Of Rights of 1689 by fining him before he has been convicted of an offence in a court of law.

His initial appeal against the fine was heard at a tribunal before the National Parking Adjudication Service at the Fownes Hotel, City Walls Road, on Friday, November 18.

He was hoping the NPAS would rule that the government and local councils operating decriminalised parking enforcement regimes are acting unlawfully - if so, they would have no legal authority to impose fines and all fines imposed since the Road Traffic Act would be null and void.

But he received a decision from them on Friday and was less than pleased.

"They basically ruled that I was innocent, and overturned my fine," he said.

"But they very cleverly avoided the main issue due to a technicality - because Worcester City Council failed to turn up and prove their case.

"But I am now throwing down the gauntlet and sending it straight to the judges to get to the guts of this.

"Those imposing these fines - and the congestion charges in London - are thieves and liars and we have to uncover them."