AN angry blue badge holder wasn’t ‘lovin’ it’ when a police officer blocked a disabled parking bay to go to McDonald’s for lunch.

Phillip Skeates spotted the officer parking a patrol car in the yellow zig zag zone in front of the town centre Sainsbury’s, blocking a parked car, at 12.30pm on Sunday.

Phillip, 44, who lives in Moredon, was waiting for a space in the disabled parking area as he watched the incident unfold.

“I was waiting for a space when this police car swoops in and parks in front of me,” he said.

“I thought perhaps he’d been called to an issue, but I could tell from his body language when he got out of the car that he hadn’t.

“It was apparent he had all the time in the world and I was gobsmacked when I saw him walking back to his car with a big bag of McDonald’s 10 minutes later.

“Being a disabled person, I think this is such a terrible thing to do.

“I was so angry because if anyone else had done that they’d certainly have got a ticket.

“This is an abuse of power.

“When he walked back to the car there were lots of people shaking their heads and tutting at the officer.”

Phillip has lodged a complaint to Wiltshire Police and posted the image on Swindon Town Centre Police’s Facebook page.

Phillip said: “It was removed within seconds but I have had a message from Sergeant Graham McLaughlin, who said the image had to be taken down while the matter was being investigated.”

Despite the image being deleted, a response was later posted on the Facebook page.

It read: “The officer involved has been spoken to and apologies for his lapse in judgement.”

The police haven’t identified the officer but have apologised to Phillip over the incident.

A police spokesman said: “This officer was on a designated break and had stopped off to buy some food. Clearly, he has not parked his patrol vehicle in the most sensible manner and we can only apologise to other motorists who were hindered by this.

“Wiltshire Police are now looking into this issue.”

Phillip is still bewildered by what the officer did and doesn’t understand why he did it.

He said: “If he’d have parked their to deal with a crime I obviously wouldn’t have complained but I think this abuse of power needs highlighting.

“Why didn't he just use the drive-through option nearby?”