An Alzheimer’s-stricken 81-year-old grandfather was left ‘confused and bruised’ after being arrested by police who called at the wrong address.
The grandfather’s family are outraged at the incident, which happened after police called at the wrong address
She tweeted from her account @Kayla81434876: ‘My 81yr old grandad having been arrested because @BedsPolice got the wrong address at 3am. In one clip of the incident shared on TikTok, the grandfather’s son can he heard saying: ‘He’s already had two strokes, you’re not making this any better.’ The arresting officer can also be heard on video conversing with the grandfather in the back of a police vehicle.Just for clarity in terms of the wooden implement referred to in our statement. This was not a walking stick: we are describing it as something similar in size and shape to a rounders bat.— Bedfordshire Police
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