A Chiswick motorist claims she was given a parking ticket as she stood alongside her car observing the two-minute silence on Remembrance Day.

Stephanie Jost says she was standing by her vehicle, paying her respects to Britain’s war dead, as the traffic warden stuck the ticket on her windscreen at 11am today.

"I have been parked on Turnham Green Terrace showing a valid parking ticket for an hour,” she said.

“I returned to the car at the exact time, 11am, and stood in respectful silence for two minutes next to the open boot of the car. In the meanwhile I was receiving a ticket.”

She said the parking attendant faced away from her while producing the £60 ticket, before turning and placing it on the windscreen of her car.

“I feel cheated and disgusted at the liberty parking wardens are taking,” she told a community forum. “He clearly pretended to ticket the car in front.”

Hounslow Council, which employs the traffic warden, pledged to look into the incident, but said it was barred from commenting further as the matter was now technically a live case.

“We’re aware, and we’re investigating,” said a spokesman. “If anyone wants to appeal against a parking ticket, all the appeal details are on the back of the notice.”

Tuesday was the 90th anniversary of the Armistice which marked the end of the First World War.

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