Our campaign against unfair bank charges for unauthorised spending and bounced cheques has gone from strength to strength.

Two more readers have won back cash from overthe- top "fines" following a campaign by The Argus which has been duplicated by newspapers all over the country.

Marc Hartnett, of Canning Street, Brighton, was paid £1,500 by the Royal Bank of Scotland - six years' worth of charges - after reading the advice posted on our website and published in The Argus on January 19.

Dave Harris, of St Michael's Road, Portslade, used the same consumer protection laws to get £480 returned to him by Nationwide.

Mr Hartnett, 33, an unemployed artist, said he had gone over the overdraft limit by just a few pence and found himself facing charges of more than £30 a time.

He said he had often gone into banks to complain only to find himself ignored. But after going straight to consumer watchdogs a month ago he was last week given the cash.

Mr Hartnett said: "I expected it to take a lot longer and certainly did not expect that much.

"It is a win for the little man - so many people are in debt to banks. It is the people who don't have any money who have got overdrafts and end up going over the limit and then they are made to pay such huge charges. It is a vicious circle.

"Ideally I would have liked to take the matter to the High Court and really make it a moral victory but I have a one-year-old child and can't afford to take the risk."

Mr Harris, who works in social care at the Royal Sussex County Hospital, said he had gone over his limit by just a few pounds and was each time slammed with an exorbitant fee.

He said: "It is quite obvious £30 is massively excessive and just a way of using penalty as revenue which is morally wrong."

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