KFC have been blasted by diners who have been fined £100 for taking too long to eat their chicken.

The pair have both been penalised for over-staying the 45 minutes free parking at a branch in Haverhill, Cambridgeshire.

4 KFC fan has hit out at the firm after he received a fine for spending too much time in their car park Credit: BPM Media

Paul Nash, 46, received a penalty notice in the post following a visit there on Sunday Sept 3 which lasted 63 minutes.

The father-of-two, from Haverhill, Cambs, has vowed to boycott the chain after being unaware of the limit.

He said: "For me personally the charge in itself isn't an issue... I could pay it, no problems at all but I'm going to fight it as far as needed.

"Nobody expects a stopwatch to start from the moment you drive in to the moment you drive out.

"On principle that they're willing to deny any responsibility for an excessive charge for an unreasonable time restriction - I'm not going to use any branch of KFC."

The test engineer said he spent at least 15 minutes queuing for his food alongside his wife and children aged five and ten, insisting the car park was “more than half empty”.

4 Father-of-two Paul is challenging his fine for spending 63 minutes in KFC car park Credit: BPM Media

He added: "A family's priority is ensuring their kids don't get run over more so than checking any small print on any signs.

"The shock was that the time limit is unreasonable for something that might not immediately be obvious to patrons.

"We consumed the meals at the pace our youngsters do, and they don't bolt their food.

"As the kids meals included ice cream, we repeated the queue/long wait for that after the main course."

4 Test engineer Paul says he spent at least 15 minutes queuing for his food Credit: Google

He is now appealing the fine by a private parking company hired by the franchised chain, saying they should double the "unreasonable" parking limit to 90 minutes.

Widower Bryan Hyland, 78 also fell foul of the time limit during a visit in August.

He said: "Forty-five minutes is a ridiculously short time to order and eat even fast food such as KFC.

"I phoned the manager of the Haverhill franchise as soon as I received the parking charge notice.

"He advised me that he had authority to request just two such notices per month to be rescinded, and would put my details forward for that as part of his November quota."

4 Two diners have fallen foul of parking regulations at the Haverhill branch Credit: Google

A KFC spokesperson said: "Time restrictions on parking are there for the benefit of our customers, so there's space available for them to park while eating.

"Whilst we can understand the frustration, we don't run the car park at our Haverhill restaurant, and are not able to waive the parking fine."

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