Car with £1,000 in parking tickets: Renault abandoned in multi-storey since October The car has racked up £1,050 in fines since it was apparently abandoned last year Tickets have been placed every day, the number now has now reached 15 The council is threatening to remove and possibly destroy the car if it is not moved A vehicle left in a multi-storey car park has had penalty charge tickets amounting to more than £1,000 stuck to its windscreen since it was abandoned last October. The silver Renault Laguna appears to have been left in the car park in Tiverton, Devon. The first ticket was issued on October 25 2013, and in the last two weeks the car has been racking up tickets on a daily basis. The vehicle covered in penalty charge tickets worth over a thousand pounds. It has been left in the multi-storey car park since last October The silver Renault Laguna now faces being removed or even destroyed if the owner does not claim it soon In the last fortnight a new yellow ticket has been placed on the left-hand side of the windscreen each day, with the total now standing at 15 tickets. The maximum amount the driver would owe to Devon County Council, which holds responsibility for civil parking enforcement in the district, is £1050. Jan Norman, environment and enforcement manager at Mid Devon District Council, said: 'We are aware of the vehicle in the car park and we are investigating it and hope to have a solution soon.' A letter addressed to the owner has now been fixed to the rear windscreen from the authority. It stated: 'Under section 3 (5) of the Refuse Disposal Amenity Act 1978 the above named authority hereby give you notice that they are of the opinion that this vehicle is abandoned and that unless the vehicle is removed within seven days from the date hereof, they will remove the vehicle and arrange for its destruction/disposal.' the multi-storey in Tiverton where the car is parked. The car has been occupying a space for a number of months and the issue has now been turned over to Devon County Council Under the Traffic Management Act 2004, fines are currently set to £70 or £50, depending on the contravention, which is discounted by 50 per cent if paid within 14 days. Responsibility for parking enforcement was transferred from police to the county council in May 2008 to allow them to focus on more serious crime. A spokesperson from Tiverton police station said: 'I'm sure we would have been contacted at some stage if it has lain there for that long but it would be up to the council to deal with that.'