Police have threatened a disabled woman with prosecution after she used her wheelie bin to reserve a parking space outside her house.

Gloucestershire Police sent officers to the woman's home following a row over the 'bin-blocking' incident in Tredworth.

It is the same police force which raced to a neighbours’ dispute over a wheelie bin armed with tasers and handguns earlier this month.

Police have threatened a disabled woman with prosecution after she used her wheelie bin to reserve a parking space outside her house. Pictured is the offending wheelie bin in Tredworth, Gloucestershire

Officers came under fire when they ordered Russell Shurmer to move his bin from under George Clifton's lounge window.

The incident was the latest in a long-running feud between the two men in Cheltenham, and police said they went armed because of a fear of violence.

In the latest incident, the disabled woman, 44, who asked not to be named, said she needs the space for her car as she has arthritis in her legs, gets out of breath quickly and suffers pain when she walks.

She said many motorists leave their cars on the busy residential street who do not live there and parking is a nightmare for her as there are no allocated spaces.

But after a call from one fed-up neighbour, police marched to her house and told her to stop doing it.

The woman said she was stunned to open the door to a policewoman who told her that 'bin-blocking' was an offence and she could be prosecuted.

The disabled woman, who asked not to be named, said she needs the space for her car as she has arthritis in her legs, gets out of breath quickly and suffers pain when she walks

The woman said: 'The officer asked me if it was my bin and said I can't leave it in the road.

'I couldn't believe police knocked on my door about something so stupid. Do they not have anything better to do? I think it is completely wrong.

'They should be looking for real criminals rather than dealing with wheelie bins.'

She added: 'We have two disabled bays across the road but nobody disabled seems to park in them. They make life hell. I just can't win.

'I can see why people park here because there's limited parking but it makes it really difficult for the people who live here.

It is the same force that scrambled armed officers after George Clifton (pictured) dialled 999 to complain that Russell Shurmer's 'stinking' bin was too close to his living room window

The incident was the latest in a long-running feud between the two men in Cheltenham, and police said they went armed because of a fear of violence

'But somebody has put in a complaint about me. It just seems sad that they have only this to worry about.'

Another resident of Victory Road, who asked not to be named, said bin-blocking was a real problem and that the disabled woman should get an allocated spot.

A Gloucestershire police spokesman said it was in fact a PCSO who was sent to knock on the disabled woman's door.

'Words of advice were given and the person was advised to contact the local council to see if they could assist them in any way in seeking a disabled parking space,' he said.

He added that 'bin-blocking' on the road contravenes the Highway Act 1980.