A Suffolk man who was fined for staying in a Ipswich car park for 21 hours during a delivery run will face no further action. 

Levent Caglayan, 54, received a charge for exceeding the three-hour time limit at Anglia Retail Park car park in Bury Road back in September 2021.

According to Mr Caglayan ANPR (Automatic Number Plate Recognition) images from Ipserv appeared to indicate that he entered the car park at 7.54pm on September 3 2021 and left some 21 hours later on 5.23pm on September 4.

Mr Caglayan who was working as a delivery driver at the time said that he only spent 10 to 15 minutes at the site on September 3.

Levent Caglayan pictured during a separate parking row in Tye Road in 2019. Levent Caglayan pictured during a separate parking row in Tye Road in 2019. (Image: RACHEL EDGE) However, he said that he did return to the car park the following day for another delivery which he believes may have confused the ANPR cameras into thinking that he had only left the site for the first time.

Mr Caglayan, who lives in Woodbridge, faced a fine of £245 for breaching the terms and conditions of the car park.

An Ipserv spokesperson said after issuing the parking charge notice in September 2021 they received no further contact from Mr Caglayan which saw it escalated to court proceedings.

The spokesperson said: “A Parking Charge Notice (PCN) was issued on 7 September 2021, and details of the appeal process shared. With no subsequent contact from Mr Caglayan the matter was escalated to court proceedings.

"At this point, Mr Caglayan made contact and was able to provide evidence to dispute the PCN, and at that stage the PCN cancelled.”

Mr Caglayan said that he did not go through the appeals process as he felt that the camera error was the parking firm's fault, and they had the video evidence to rectify their mistake.

Before the cancellation, the case was passed on to Leeds-based debt recovery firm BW Legal.

Mr Caglayan was informed by BW legal that he was due to be taken to Norwich County Court in November.

The case was abandoned after the Woodbridge resident provided evidence he was not at the car park.

He said: "I provided evidence that I was elsewhere and the camera evidence they provided was wrong and before hearing date they accepted this and discontinued the claim."