Man leaves car at airport for a year
2013-01-07 10:08
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Johannesburg - A businessman owes OR Tambo International
Airport about R42 000 for parking his car there for over 12 months, The Star
reported on Monday.
Desmond Grootboom, a businessman who lives in both
Johannesburg and Cape Town, left his blue Renault Clio at the airport on 8 November
2011 and gave his friend the car keys and the parking ticket.
However, his friend lost the ticket and did not inform
Grootboom.
"I never checked with him," he told the newspaper.
The car then remained at the airport's undercover parking lot
for 14 months.
Based on the airport's current price of R100 for the first
24 hours and R50 for every 12 hours thereafter, Grootboom owed the Airports
Company SA R42 700, The Star reported.
This was higher than the book value of the car, estimated between R20 000 and R40 000.
The licence disc on the vehicle had also expired and a R500
fine had been placed on the car's windscreen.
- SAPA
