Pensioner, 86, with Parkinson’s given conviction over £3.34 car tax bill to DVLA

The pensioner told a court about his own health difficulties and that his wife, also 86, suffers from Alzheimer’s (Picture: Getty Images)

An 86-year-old pensioner with Parkinson’s disease has been given a criminal conviction over an unpaid £3.34 car tax bill.

The octogenarian, who lives on the outskirts of Newcastle, told a court about his own health difficulties and that his wife, also 86, suffers from Alzheimer’s.

He explained that the annual £20 tax bill on his silver Ford Fiesta accidentally went unpaid in January when their daughter, who manages the couple’s finances, was moving house.

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