article_snippet.sent: Mr O'Byrne, a self-employed marketing consultant, said: 'Mr O'Byrne, a self-employed marketing consultant parked in a marked bay and purchased a ticket. '
article_snippet.sent: The family moved house to another address in Southsea over the two-year period and said he informed the council of he move.
article_snippet.sent: But bailiffs turned up at he old house, where Mr O'Byrne has tenants, and demanded payment or to take belongings to the value of £400.
article_snippet.sent: Mr O'Byrne believes the whole row has been a waste of time and money for Chichester District Council, Mr O'Byrne said: 'I understand there is a process but common sense should have prevailed. '
article_snippet.sent: In a letter to the council Mr O'Byrne stated: 'All I ever asked is that a government, and therefore taxpayer-funded, organisation treated this case with common sense and a government, and therefore taxpayer-funded did not waste taxpayers' money on a totally unnecessary campaign based on a ticket that was paid for.'
article_snippet.sent: Mr O'Byrne admitted Mr O'Byrne would have paid the initial £25 fine if Mr O'Byrne knew the row would cause Mr O'Byrne so much grief.