A PARKING company has been branded ‘Scrooge’ for refusing to overturn a charge issued on Christmas Eve amid claims warning signs were obscured by snow. Paul Christison, 48, visited the Morrison’s car park, in Consett, with his disabled mother, Marie, for a big festive shop on the morning of December 24, but they overstayed by 40 minutes. The former history teacher, who had parked his Jaguar in a disabled bay, said the wintry weather meant he could not see the signs informing customers of a three-hour limit. Now Highview Parking is insisting he owes them £60 and pleas for leniency given his mothers’ disability have cut no ice with the firm.