Overview
- A passerby’s video shows the woman surrounded by at least six police officers and two council enforcement staff on Wealdstone High Street on Wednesday afternoon.
- The fixed penalty notice cites a breach of Harrow’s Town and District Centres PSPO with particulars listed as “throwing bread on the floor,” requiring £100 payment within 28 days to avoid prosecution.
- The Metropolitan Police said council officers requested assistance after the woman, in her 40s, repeatedly refused to provide her name and address for around 20 minutes.
- Police stated she was arrested on suspicion of breaching Section 50 of the Police Reform Act, her details were later obtained, she was de-arrested, and the matter was then handled by council officers.
- Harrow Council said the PSPO forbids feeding birds and vermin, alleged the woman refused to stop and to give her details, and confirmed the fixed penalty notice, as bystanders questioned the use of handcuffs.