A couple with a young baby have been landed with a supermarket car park penalty after finding themselves trapped by traffic mayhem.
Kara Ambrose, from Poole in Dorset, had headed to her local Tesco to do a weekly food shop with her partner and child on the day of the alleged offence.
The couple completed their trip to the large chain store in 90 minutes - half the permitted parking time.
But chaos had begun to unfold while they were inside the Tesco Extra, with an emergency gas works unexpectedly closing nearby Waterloo Road.
With signage reportedly poor, according to witnesses, cars had to turn off the busy A-road and into the supermarket car park in attempts to divert from the obstacle.
