Dead man gets parking ticket

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Oct 21, 10:38 AM (ET)

SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australian authorities have apologized to the family of an elderly man who was given a parking ticket while he lay dead in his car in a suburban shopping center.

The 71-year-old man, known to be seriously ill, went missing nine days ago and his body was found in his car in a shopping mall car park in a Melbourne suburb, police said.

A parking ticket had been placed on the car the day before his body was found.

"It's just tragic. It must be just so sad for the family and we extend our sincere sympathies to them," local mayor Paul Denham told Australian Broadcasting Corp. radio on Friday.

"The circumstances surrounding the location of this poor fellow must make it all the harder for the family. It is simply a case of the parking officer not noticing."

 

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If had been missing for 9 days...and he got the ticket the day before he was found...then what about the other 8 days? Why didn't he get any tickets then? The car obviously hadn't moved? Is there parking that says...no parking for more than 8 days? I doubt it. You'd think SOMEBODY would have given him a ticket or noticed him. You'd always think cops would look inside the windows of a car before they gave it a ticket. Just to see if there was something illegal in it. That's just weird.