AN Edmonton man who succeeded in getting three parking tickets overturned has reported Enfield Council to the Ombudsman.

Mohamed Youseff, of Dunholme Road, has taken the step after claiming the council's complaints procedure does not take account of his particular situation.

The Independent reported in December that a parking and traffic appeals service tribunal had found that Mr Youseff had been given three tickets for places he had not parked during a 12-day spell in July.

The council promised to look into it and subsequently dismissed one parking attendant and is still monitoring another.

Mr Youseff also called for a shake-up of parking services in the borough, and suggested that if attendants had cameras to take a picture of where the car is parked, lengthy and unpleasant battles between attendants, drivers and the council could be avoided.

In an effort to get these changes implemented, he complained again to the council but now feels that the Ombudsman can intervene to get the improvements put in place.

Mr Youseff said: "Although the council has outlined some sort of promise for changes in the future, there is nothing definite and, with the way it has handled this issue so far, I find it difficult to have any confidence in what is said."

His complaint to the local government Ombudsman is being backed by Edmonton councillor, Andrew Stafford, who has been pushing for improvements to parking services since the tribunal finding in December.

A spokesman for the Ombudsman confirmed that a complaint against Enfield Council had been received from Mr Youseff earlier this month.