Dog owner is fined £100 for parking six hours while pet was being put down after spending £1,500 on treatment

A heartbroken dog owner was slapped with a £100 parking fine for spending six hours at the vets while his beloved pet was put down.

David Atkinson, 49, rushed his nine-year-old bulldog Reggie to the vet after he had started wheezing and struggling to breathe on September 19.

Once at Vets for Pets, inside Pets at Home in Canterbury, he spent £1,500 on emergency scans and treatment, but tragically, the vet said Reggie had to be put down.

After the lonely journey home without the family pet, Mr Atkinson was struck with another blow when a parking charge arrived in the post a

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