"In the footage captured by a passer-by, the woman looks visibly distressed as she is placed in handcuffs at around 2.30pm on the High Street in Wealdstone, before her pockets are searched. She is then marched by two officers and put in the back of a police van. The man filming can be heard repeatedly expressing his outrage at the scene, and other passers-by are similarly heard questioning the incident, with one saying this is ridiculous."
"At around 2.30pm on Wednesday 7 January, officers were approached by local council enforcement officers dealing with an anti-social behaviour incident on Wealdstone High Street, Harrow. A woman, in her forties, was repeatedly asked to provide her name and address so that a fixed penalty notice could be issued. After speaking with officers for around 20 minutes, she repeatedly refused to provide her personal details."
A woman in her forties was detained on Wealdstone High Street, Harrow, after feeding pigeons in alleged breach of a Public Spaces Protection Order (PSPO). Video shows her distressed while at least six police officers and council enforcement workers placed her in handcuffs, searched her pockets, marched her to a police van and detained her. The council said the PSPO relating to bird feeding carries a £100 fixed penalty notice for breaches. Police said she was arrested after repeatedly refusing to provide her name and address; once details were obtained she was de-arrested and the matter referred to council officers.
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