Published Date:
05 June 2008
A REMORSEFUL American has surprised German police by posting them $100 to cover a 12-year-old parking fine.
Police in Cologne said yesterday that a woman, whom they identified only as Julie H, sent them a handwritten confession to her failure to pay the 60 Deutschmark ($47.60 at current rates) fine, incurred in August 1996.
In the letter, written in German and sent from Draper, Utah, she said she had not understood local parking rules and had been annoyed by the fine – but "now I want to pay the parking ticket" – and enclosed a $100 travellers' cheque.
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Last Updated:
04 June 2008 10:13 PM
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Source:
The Scotsman
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Location:
Edinburgh
