'I was told to turn a blind eye to drivers flouting rules'

A parking attendant at the Royal United Hospital has quit afterhe says he was told to turn a blind eye to rule-breaking.

Mike St John had been working for Total Parking Solutions, a firmemployed by the hospital, for just three weeks before deciding toleave.

He said he was shocked at what he called the double standards ofhospital officials who had told him to remove tickets he had issuedon staff cars.

When he routinely put a ticket on a car on a hatched area, whereparking is banned, he was told to remove it as the car belonged tothe chief executive of another NHS trust.

Mr St John said: "After I put a ticket on the car someone cameout and said it was OK …