"A MAN lay dead in his car while a parking inspector slapped a fine on his windscreen.
A Stonnington Council officer fined a dead man $50 for parking in a clearway on Toorak Rd.
A man in his 20s, identified only as "Robbie", was slumped in the front seat of his green Holden Gemini after dying of a suspected drug overdose on Wednesday morning.
Witnesses yesterday branded the incident callous and low.
But Stonnington Council said the officer had made an unfortunate mistake and offered its condolences to the man's family.
Police began preparing a brief of evidence for the coroner as the man's grieving parents left flowers at the scene.
"Robbie, we love you and always will – Mum and Dad," an attached card read.
Direct Security Services released footage to the Herald Sun from one of its two cameras that monitor Toorak Rd.
The footage shows the dead man stopping outside an art store at 6.45pm on Tuesday. The Gemini, parked in a loading zone that becomes a clearway at 7am, remained there overnight.
At 7.12am, a parking inspector, employed by contractor Tenix, approached the car and peered through the passenger-side window.
He then moved to the driver's window and again looked into the car.
The officer then filled out an infringement notice, placed it on the windscreen and walked away.
Ambulance officers were called to Toorak Rd, between Caroline St and Ralston St, at 7.55am.
They estimated the man had been dead for at least six hours.
Direct Security Services managing director James Cooper said he was sickened by the apparent lack of compassion.
"(The officer) could have raised the alarm. Who knows, (the motorist) could have been alive," he said."
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