Sunday 4 September 2022 05:10 PM Dementia-hit grandfather, 81, 'confused and bruised' after arrest by police who ... trends now
Ten police officers arrested an 81-year-old man with Alzheimers, injuring him in the process, after they responded to the wrong address in Potton.
Bedfordshire police arrested the elderly man at 5am on Friday on suspicion of assault on an emergency worker with what they described as a wooden implement 'similar to a rounders bat in size and shape'.
The arrest appears to have left the dementia-sufferer with multiple cuts and bruises on his arms for which his granddaughter Kayla claims he has to see a plastic surgeon on Tuesday.
In a tweet Kayla said: 'My 81yr old grandad having been arrested because @BedsPolice got the wrong address at 3am.
'He was terrified, ill and it took 10 officers/6 vehicles to arrest him. Maybe his heart attack gave him superpowers? He's in the cells, confused and bruised trying to defend himself.'
In videos of the incident the officer explaining the charge described the object as a stick rather than a 'rounders bat'.
The two responding police officers had responded to the wrong address by mistake, which was the home of the old man, leading to the incident which several more units responded to.
Police said an officer sustained a cut to the face in the assault and that the pensioner was taken into custody for a brief period and has since been released under investigation.
The video shows Bedfordshire police arresting an elderly man at 5am on Friday
The grandfather is pictured in what appears to be his clothes from the night of the arrest with bruising and cuts on his arms
The family implied the injuries were sustained during the arrest when police attended the wrong house
The man being put into the van was arrested on suspicion of assault on an emergency worker with what was described as a wooden implement
Two videos were filmed as the grandfather was arrested and in one his son can he heard saying 'he's already had two strokes. You're not making this any better.'
He said: 'He's got stuff with his brain, he's got Alzheimer's, early stages of it. You're just making it worse. You won't look after him, he's f***ing petrified.
'You're literally not making it any better at all, and if he has a heart attack here, there will be consequences.
'He's already had two strokes. He's got tablets, have a look at them, he's got eight different tablets. You're not making this any better.'
The arresting police officer can be heard on video conversing with the grandfather in the back of a police vehicle.
She said: 'Sir I gave you plenty of opportunities to put it down, the reason the handcuffs went on is because you assaulted my colleague. Regardless of age, you do not assault anybody, okay. Just because he's 81-years-old...'
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