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A 73-year-old woman has been rescued after spending the night locked in a supermarket in northern France.

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By . Peter Allen . PUBLISHED: . 11:07 EST, 2 January 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 03:11 EST, 3 January 2013 . A pensioner who found herself trapped in a supermarket over the New Year holiday was too polite to help herself to any food or drink, it emerged today. The bizarre lock-in took place on Monday night in an Intermarche shop in Roubaix, close to Lille, in northern France. The 73-year-old, who has not been named, felt faint and went into a supermarket toilet for a few minutes. Polite: despite finding herself locked in the supermarket overnight the pensioner refused to help herself to any food or drink (file picture) But when she came out the entire store had been shut down for the new year holiday and was completely deserted. The pensioner set off an alarm, but nobody came, and so instead had to spend the entire night wandering around the aisles. A spokesman for the store said that the woman had tried to sleep in a back office, but had been unable to. ‘She didn’t think to help herself to food or drink in the shop,’ he added. The supermarket was packed with seasonal goods, including champagne, truffles and other luxury snacks. The woman was eventually found by a member of staff on New Year’s Day. She was taken to hospital for health checks and, despite her ordeal, was given a clean bill of health.