A retired couple were slapped with a fine after getting stuck for hours in a gridlocked supermarket car park.
David Mather, 70, visited Tesco Extra in North Shields with his wife Helen, 69, the day before the Queen's funeral. They said that due to the huge number of vehicles attempting to get in and out of the car park they were unable to leave the area in their Honda.
David said the only combined entrance and exit was being controlled by traffic lights and vehicles were at a standstill. Former care worker Helen decided to walk the one-and-a-half mile journey home as she realised the traffic was unlikely to clear.
