A supermarket customer has been left fuming after being ordered off a reserved parking spot.

Brenda Handforth, 60, had taken her disabled 92-year-old mother, Margery Spall, shopping to Yeadon Morrisons.

And because all the disabled places were taken, she was forced to park in the mother and baby section.

But when they returned to the car, although the disabled badge was on show, there was a curt note left on the windscreen.

Mrs Handforth, of Shaw Villas, Guiseley, said: ""There wasn't a disabled parking space, so I had to park in the mother and baby spaces, so my mother didn't have to walk too far," she said.

"We need a wider space so she can get out of the passenger seat and lean on her wheels as she gets out."

But Morrisons, a former Supermarket of the Year, says it relies on the goodwill of its customers not to abuse the specially designated places and added regular checks are made.

Mrs Handforth, who regularly takes her mother, who uses a wheeled walking aid, shopping to Morrisons, claims the places are abused by other supermarket customers.

She said the note left on her car explained spaces were reserved for customers with babies and small children and told her not to park there again.

But Mrs Handforth says she should not have been penalised, as her mother had a genuine need for a special parking space.

Independence-loving Mrs Spall lives in her own home in Yeadon, and appreciates being able to do her own shopping at the local supermarket.

Mrs Handforth spoke to the store manager, but was not satisfied with the explanation given, and believes there may be too few disabled parking spaces.

She said she has parked in mother and baby spaces before, when all the disabled spots have been taken - and is concerned that some drivers using disabled spaces are using relatives' stickers, and are not registered disabled themselves.

However, a spokeswoman for Morrisons said the firm asked all customers to keep to the spaces designated for people with particular needs, and denied there was a lack of disabled parking.

The spokeswoman said: "We do rely on the goodwill of our customers regarding specially designated parking spaces. The principle applies to both disabled spaces and parents with children spaces. I'm sorry if they felt it wasn't appropriate.

"We have very good parking provision for disabled people at our stores. We do designate a good proportion of such spaces depending upon the size and location of the site."

She added that car park wardens also made regular checks on the use of disabled parking spaces, to make sure those who parked in them were either disabled themselves, or were carrying a disabled passenger.