Absolutely unbaylievable

A woman left her car near her house — and bungling workmen painted a “Disabled” bay around it.



Then a warden came along while the paint was still drying — and booked Shirley Hatcher for being illegally parked.

Grandmother Shirley, 67, had gone to the hairdressers, leaving her car in the road where she has parked for 35 years with no restrictions.

But registered disabled neighbour Helen Tod, 61, had asked council chiefs for a bay to be put outside her home next door.

When workmen from Southampton City Council turned up they chose the exact spot where Shirley’s Fiesta was.

They even managed to spatter it with paint as they sprayed a box of broken lines round it.

The council have apologised, scrapped the ticket and vowed to clean the paint off Shirley’s car.