Ticketed while helping a baby

A mother of three told today how she was given an £80 parking ticket after she pulled over to help a choking three-month-old baby.

Housewife Nicola Lynch was waiting for a space in a car park in Cheam Village with Millie, the daughter of a friend, when the incident happened. As they waited the child started to be sick and seemed to be struggling for breath.

Mrs Lynch pulled over in a vacant motorcycle bay and - with the engine still running - started to clear Millie's airway.

As a traffic warden approached her car Mrs Lynch assumed he was coming to offer assistance.

But instead he slapped an ?80 fine on the windscreen before walking away. The 33-year-old from Sutton said: "I tried to say, 'Can you hold on a minute, I've got a baby choking here.'

"But he just laughed and said, 'Well that's your problem,' before walking away."

Sutton council has said it will reimburse Mrs Lynch over what it called "an unfortunate incident".