THE TORY leader of Aberdeen City Council has blamed his wife after he was caught parking in a blue badge spot while sandwich shopping.
Last Tuesday, Douglas Lumsden left his Range Rover in a disabled parking bay in the city’s Union Row as he nipped into the So... Aberdeen coffee shop.
Unfortunately for the council chief, his rule-breaking-butty-buying was caught on film.
But when confronted by the Scottish Sun, the Aberdeen council co-leader refused to accept responsibility.
And the Tory claimed he didn’t know it was a disabled parking spot, despite the car being parked right beside a massive sign saying the space was for “disabled badge holders only”.
Lumsden said the car was being driven by his wife. He added: “I’d no say over where she stopped. I didn’t even know it was a disabled space.
"The car does not belong to me.”
Alex Nicoll, the leader of the SNP Group on the council said: “You simply cannot park where you want and you certainly shouldn’t abuse disabled parking bays while nipping out for a bite to eat.
"I regularly take my disabled brother shopping so I’m acutely aware of the difficulties that blue badge holders face in parking safely – this is made even more difficult when people without a blue badge park in disabled bays.
“Folk in Aberdeen expect better of their council leaders and I hope he will make a suitable donation to a disability charity."
City Wardens in Aberdeen can issue fines of £60 to those caught parking in disabled bays.
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