A man claims he 'wouldn't come to Oswestry again' after a traffic warden issued a ticket for his broken down car.

Graham Cooper, from Welshpool, contacted the Advertizer after his wife's car broke down in Church Street.

Mr Cooper, who works in Oswestry, drove to swap cars with his wife and decided to walk around the town to find the traffic warden to inform him that his car had broken down and would soon be picked up by the garage.

He also left a note in his car windscreen that stated the car was broken down to avoid getting a ticket.

However the traffic warden on duty still issued a ticket despite Mr Cooper's efforts to inform them of the situation.

"I'm really not happy with the way these traffic wardens treat people," said Mr Cooper, aged 77.

"I walked around town just to inform the warden of the car being broken down.

"The car was there from 9.30am to 10.45am before the garage came and took it away, it wasn't causing any disruption.

"It doesn't help businesses in the area when people are getting tickets in situations like this. What's the point in having the Business Improvement District (BID) if people are just going to get parking tickets."

Mr Cooper said that he wrote a letter of complaint to Shropshire Council the same day he received the ticket.

"The traffic warden told me that if I appealed and explained the situation, I'd get my money back," he added.

"But since writing the letter I've had no response from the council."

The Advertizer also contacted Shropshire Council, who were unable to comment before going to print.

"I wouldn't come to Oswestry again. If this is how they treat shoppers then I won't be coming back," Mr Cooper said.