Royal Navy veteran, woken by screams from his next door neighbor and her baby, and the sound of men shouting. It’s 2:30 in the morning.
He called police and strapped on the false leg he has worn since his leg was amputated in March 2004 while he was still serving with the Royal Navy.
Aware he was probably outnumbered, he picked up the telescopic truncheon and put it in his back pocket. Mr Beerling then hurried downstairs and went outside where he said his neighbour was being harassed by two men.
He tried to calm the men down while he waited for police. Officers later arrested both suspects and charged them with affray.
What’s happens to our good samaritan? He gets arrested for carrying an “offensive” weapon. Did I mention that it was in his pocket (he never needed it, apparently)? How about that it was rusted shut and wouldn’t open? Yeah, thanks for nothing.
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So if it remained in his pocket and he never used it, how did the police know he had it?