DRIVERS have been fined after they were caught unlawfully using disabled parking badges.

Paul Anthony Bonelle was proven guilty by magistrates in Hereford.

The court heard the 50-year-old had been caught using a blue disabled parking badge unlawfully in Hereford on September 13.

Bonelle, of St Paul Road, Hereford, was fined £250 must pay costs of £430.61 and a £34 victim surcharge.

David Thornton was proven guilty by magistrates in Hereford.

The court heard the 43-year-old had been caught unlawfully using a blue disabled parking badge in Hereford on October 5.

Thornton, of Valley Gardens, Gloucestershire, was fined £220 and must pay costs of £360.60 and a £34 victim surcharge.