A WOMAN who used a disabled badge to unlawfully park in the city centre has been fined more than £400.

Victoria Peaster used the blue badge, given to people who are chronically sick or disabled people, to park in King Place, Brighton in April.

The 47-year-old was found guilty at Brighton Magistrates’ Court of unlawfully using a disabled person’s badge in relation to the parking of a vehicle.

Peaster, of Lenham Avenue, Saltdean, was fined £440 on October 1 and ordered to pay costs of £400.

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