Pensioner handcuffed for taking paper from recycling bin

A pensioner was handcuffed and threatened with arrest by four police officers - for taking an old newspaper out of a recycling bin.

Denis O'Keefe, 76, was left with bloodied wrists and had to be treated by paramedics for shock after he was pushed over a car bonnet for refusing to put the newspaper back.




Denis, of Wanstead, East London, said: "If I mugged an old lady I would expect everything I got but all I'd done was put 15 papers in and take one out that caught my eye."

Ilford Police said: "The matter is being investigated."

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