A Hull dad who reversed into his own wheelie bins left on the road says he wants the council to pay for the damage.

Kevin Parish, 60, says binmen "dumped" three wheelie bins behind his Range Rover rather than moving them back to the driveways they were collected from after being emptied.

The east Hull man, not realising the bins would be in his way, unwittingly reversed into them, causing almost £380 worth of damage to his bumper.

But Mr Parish says Hull City Council has "completely and utterly wiped their hands" of the matter by refusing to foot the bill to repair his car.

"The bins were dumped at the back of my Range Rover by the binmen on Thursday, but I didn't see them as I was that busy and needed to get to work," said Mr Parish, who has lived at his property for more than 26 years

"I didn't think to look behind me as they shouldn't have even been there.

(Image: Peter Harbour)

"The binmen clearly don't know what walking is, and obviously couldn't be bothered to return the bins to the driveway as normal where we have to wheel them out to leave them, and instead just left them strewn behind my car.

"Their laziness has cost me nearly £380 worth of damage to my car, as my bumper is now cracked and there's paint missing, which needs to be fixed.

"But the council are denying any responsibility and refusing to pay for the repair work through their insurance.

"I feel terrible and it's just not fair that I should have to pay out of my own pocket as it's a lot of money to shell out for the car repair when it's not even my fault.

(Image: Kevin Parish)

"I'm very annoyed that the council have completely and utterly wiped their hands of it all".

Mr Parish says he has tried to contact Hull City Council multiple times to plead for them to pay for the repair costs, and was at first turned away.

"As soon as I saw the damage caused to the back end of my car by the bins, I flew down to the waste department at Sutton Fields to speak to someone about what had happened, but I was told by them that I was too irate, and so they refused to speak to me.

"I eventually calmed down and they sent a supervisor out to me who said he would look into it if I could get some quotes together for the repairs, but now I've been told that the council are flat out not paying a penny.

(Image: Peter Harbour)

"I'm going to contact a solicitors to see if they can help me, as I just want my car fixing.

"It's the inconvenience of it all that's frustrating as well, I don't know how they [the council] can walk away and say it's not their fault, when it is their fault, as what are we paying the binmen for really if they aren't doing their jobs?"

Hull City Council declined to comment.

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