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A driver who parked in a disabled bay is in a stand-off with Birmingham police – after jumping back into his car to stop it being towed away.

Double glazing salesman Matthew Sanders, 34, from Macclesfield, is still inside his Vauxhall Tigra, which is now on the back of a low loader in Birmingham city centre.

The stand-off has been running for seven hours.

Our colleagues at the Birmingham Mail are live-blogging the stand-off - follow it here.

Police at the scene in Bennetts Hill have so far failed to persuade Mr Sanders to leave the V-registration car.

The drama began when he was given a ticket for parking in a disabled bay.

He said he was then angered when wardens tried to tow the car, which he said was not causing an obstruction.

The dad said: “I’ll be here all day.

“They have targets.

“This is private corporations ripping people off at Christmas.

“This is my only form of transport and need it for work and I’ve got to pick my daughter up from her mum’s.

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“The council is short of cash and is trying to load my car up to cost me more money.

“I can’t afford to get it released so if they try to get me out I’ll just write it off.”

Parking wardens were speaking to their bosses in a bid to end the dispute.

Mr Sanders claimed one had threatened to smash his windows.