A WOMAN wrongly fined five times for allegedly dodging the London congestion charge has received a letter of apology.

Alison Chedgzoy was stunned to receive the fines because she had not been to the capital for 15 years.

Mrs Chedgzoy was first fined for being in Whitechapel High Street shortly before 11.30am on Wednesday, February 19.

But at the time she was busy at work in Worcestershire Royal Hospital.

A second fine arrived in the mail the next day, claiming that Mrs Chedgzoy's Peugeot 306 had been spotted at Minories and Hammett Street shortly after 3pm on Thursday, February 20.

Three more fines arrived this month.

On all but one of the alleged breaches of the charge, Mrs Chedgzoy has a receipt from Tesco in Warndon proving she could not have travelled to the capital at the time of the alleged offences.

Since receiving notice of the first fine, Mrs Chedgzoy and her husband Roger have bombarded London Mayor Ken Livingstone with e-mails.

The couple received a letter from public liaison officer Nicola Smith replying on Mr Livingstone's behalf and confirming the congestion charge team had been made aware of the complaints.

In a letter dated Wednesday, March 19, Tracey Moore, enforcement department manager with Transport for London, confirmed the five penalty notices were mistakes and apologised for any distress or inconvenience caused.

"Roger is holding out for a bunch of flowers from Ken Livingstone, but I don't think that's going to happen," said Mrs Chedgzoy, a medical secretary in the X-ray department at Worcestershire Royal Hospital.

However, the 53-year-old - from Linton in Bromyard - is still concerned someone might be driving around with a clone of her licence plate.

"How do I know I'm not going to get any more fines?" she said.