Wyatt OAP and his trusty toy gun

Armed police swooped on an old folks’ home – to arrest a pensioner in a cowboy hat brandishing a plastic pistol.

Eugene Hide, 75, was seized as he whirred up and down corridors on his electric mobility scooter.

Staff dialled 999 complaining the “Wyatt twerp” was using “threatening” behaviour.



They evacuated all 25 residents while the armed response unit was scrambled.

Police dashed in to find Eugene waving his toy shooter in the air.

He was taken away for questioning before being released without charge.