JOLY THE WOLLY FALLS FOR PARKING PRANK

PRANKSTER Dom Joly was so livid when he was slapped with a parking ticket that he took to Twitter to vent his anger – only to discover he was the victim of his own gag! The comic got a taste of his own medicine when he was tricked by a fellow joker for the first time in a decade. He was outraged when he discovered a parking fine slapped on his black range rover while parked in Cheltenham town centre on Wednesday – despite being legally parked. Dismayed Dom fell for the comedy parking notice and ranted on Twitter: “Come back to my legally parked car in Cheltenham to find this - livid.

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