Mother is fined £110 for stopping at a bus stop for 25 seconds so her boyfriend could take their five-year-old daughter to the toilet.

Joanna Bird (pictured) was fined £110 by Harrow Borough Council for stopping at a bus stop for 25 seconds
A motorist was fined £110 for stopping at a bus stop for 25 seconds so she could drop off her partner, who was taking their desperate child to the toilet.



Mother-of-one Joanna Bird was driving home with her partner and daughter Lili when the five-year-old announced that she needed to go to the toilet 'really badly'.
The 42-year-old bookbinder knew there were no public toilets around, and drove for more than a mile before her daughter said it was 'now or never'.

Miss Bird pulled up behind a string of parked cars in Hatch End, north west London, after spotting a row of restaurants where her daughter could dash to the toilet.
Her partner quickly got out of the car with his daughter before taking her to a restaurant to use the toilet.

As soon as the pair were out of the car Miss Bird moved out and went to look for a side street to park in.
Unbeknown to Miss Bird, however, her every action was being monitored by a camera operator - who clocked that she had stopped in the bus stop.

The operator captured the incident on camera and sent five still frames from the CCTV footage showing the 'offence' to Miss Bird, along with a fine demanding payment of £110.