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Parking warden slapped ticket on ambulance left on yellow lines outside a Tesco
Witnesses criticised him for action but he refused to listen to their complaints
Paramedic said vehicle is too big for bays and she was stopping for water
Warden's actions have prompted outrage online and he has been slammed
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This is the moment a car park warden sparks outrage at a Tesco Express after slapping an ambulance with a ticket after it was left on a double yellow line.

The worker is confronted by a witness filming the incident before he has a row with the paramedic outside the shop entrance.

Other shoppers come to her aid and try to reason with the warden, who refuses to back down.

The astonishing confrontation ends with the paramedic saying to the warden 'If you ever need an ambulance...' before shrugging and walking away.

It prompted outrage on social media with even television presenter Nick Knowles admonishing the worker on Twitter.

The car park is part of a private retail park owned by London & Cambridge Properties who employ a third party to monitor parking.

The firm said it had no comment at this stage when contacted by MailOnline.
But uproar has broken out on social media, with several Twitter users backing the paramedic.

DIY SOS presenter Knowles also criticised Tesco over the incident and said the firm was 'abdicating its social responsibility' if it did not help solve the situation.

Addressing Tesco, he wrote on Twitter: 'So you don’t feel you can support an emergency services worker stopping at your store for water - not your problem?'

He added the supermarket was 'morally separating itself' from the problem by outsourcing its parking management.

When contacted by Tesco, who told him it did not own the car park and was not responsible for enforcing car park fines, he added: 'Could you please supply us with the name of the company so WE might ask them to be more supportive of ES workers?

'Will you be talking to the parking company to express your concerns? After all - every little helps? Or not?'

It is unknown exactly how much the fine was but typically private car park tickets are usually between £70 and £100.

The footage begins with a conversation between the man filming the incident and the warden, with the cameraman asking why the ambulance was ticketed when it was 'on call'.

The warden said: 'It's not on call. It's not on call. She was having lunch. Where are the sirens? It is parked up on a double yellow line.'

The cameraman replied: 'They don't use the sirens when they are parked up you idiot.'

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