TWO grandparents have been thrown out of a Hampshire shopping centre after being told they posed a terrorist threat because they had taken photographs of their grandchildren.
Ex-pats Kim and Trevor Sparshott were ejected from Fareham Shopping Centre while on a visit to relatives from their home in Spain.
A security guard swooped on the couple as they captured the moment they surprised their grandchildren by arriving at the centre unannounced.
The Sparshotts said they were told cameras are banned from the centre because of the terrorist threat.
The official then ordered them to leave and told the couple they were banned for life from returning.
Shopping centre manager Pam Gillard said taking photographs without prior permission is banned because of the security risk, but added that the Sparshotts were welcome back to the centre anytime.
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