This is the moment a woman was placed in handcuffs by police and fined £100 for feeding some pigeons in London.
Video footage captured by a passerby showed a woman being detained by a group of officers and council enforcement workers in Harrow on Wednesday, in the latest example of jobsworth council officials slapping the public with petty fines.
A piece of paper later handed to the woman showed she had been stopped for being in breach of a Public Spaces Protection Order which covers town and district centres in Harrow.
Congrats to the videographer this is epic!
Someone just sent me this.
Woman arrested in Harrow for feeding the pigeons. Apparently about 11 police officers were involved (including PCSOs or council wardens).
Harrow Council have a PSPO (Public Space Protection Order)
She was handcuffed, put in the back of the van for… pic.twitter.com/VhC7P2Vti0
— CharlotteEmmaUK 💫 (@CharlotteEmmaUK) January 9, 2026
No surprise in a country that arrests people for praying silently.
