A rock ’n’ roll legend is the latest person to be caught out by confusing parking bays.

Wee Willy Harris, a man for whom Paul McCartney and John Lennon queued to get an autograph, was handed a £55 parking fine after getting a call of nature.

Harris, 79, a disabled blue badge holder, parked in what he thought was a disabled parking bay in Throwley Way while he nipped to the toilet.

Harris, who David Bowie once described as the original glam rocker, is currently having treatment for prostate cancer and can sometimes get caught short.

It was during an inopportune call of nature when Mr Harris had to park.

Harris said: “I can’t understand why the council is doing this to disabled people. I had my blue badge in the window and I was out of the car for five minutes. Something needs to be done about it.”

Harris is name-checked in Ian Dury and the Blockheads’ 1979 No 3 hit Reasons to be Cheerful Part 3, but he was left far from it after letters of appeal to Sutton Council were ignored. He said: “It doesn’t make sense, it’s ridiculous.”

Mr Harris still performs his rock’n’roll set and will be playing at the Coach and Horses in Carshalton on Saturday, November 12.

He said: “I can still do it as good as any of the young ’uns.”

Sutton Council has recently been criticised for using small metal studs to mark where disabled parking ends and motorcycle bays begin.

Coun Simon Wales, executive member for communities, transport and voluntary sector at Sutton Council, said: “Mr Harris was parked in a loading area in Throwley Road. The disabled parking bays are clearly marked.”