A man who assaulted a Civil Enforcement Officer has been sentenced to 18 weeks in prison.

On 12 June, at approximately 14:50, a Civil Enforcement Officer working for Indigo Park, who are Sutton Council’s Parking Enforcement contractor, was patrolling on Wallington High Street when he was attacked without provocation.

The officer was approached from behind and punched in the back of the head and the face, causing him to fall to the ground and making his nose bleed. The victim recognised his attacker as someone who had verbally abused him previously, at the same location, for issuing a Penalty Charge Notice to a member of the perpetrator’s family.

The attacker fled but was captured on Council CCTV and through reviewing footage from the camera, and the victim’s account, the individual was identified, arrested, and charged. Police praised the public response which saw shoppers and shop workers quickly rush to the victim’s aid.

Wallington High Street is a location where Civil Enforcement Officers have received abuse in the past and we are pleased to be able to show people that it is not acceptable to abuse someone enforcing parking law, and it will not be tolerated.