A couple visiting from Spain got the shcok of their lives after a shopping mall security guard banned them from the premesis and labeled them terrorists; simply for taking pictures with their family.

According to Kim and Trevor Sparshott, a security guard at the Fareham Shopping Centre asked them to leave when they were spotted taking photographs of their grandchildren. The cameras were supposedly bannned "because of the risk of a terrorist attack." the guard then

"barred the couple from the center for life."

The Sparshotts, who now reside in Malaga, Spain, said they were only visiting their family in Gosport, Hants.

"I wanted the ground to swallow me up whole," Kim said. "Then I started fuming."

"Instead of being a nice surprise for our family, it turned into a nightmare. In these worrying times we understand the need for caution, but surely a quiet word when he first saw us would have stopped all this unpleasantness," Trevor added.

But while admitting taking photos was a security risk, Pam Gillard, the manager at Fareham, says the situation was a misunderstanding, since the couple obviously don't pose a "terrorist threat."

Gillard added the Sparshotts are welcome back anytime they like.