22 November 2012 7:08 AM, PST | Digital Spy | See recent Digital Spy - Movie News news »
Comedian Lee Nelson was arrested after a DVD stunt involving a fake policeman backfired. Simon Brodkin, in character as Lee Nelson, was being chased by an actor in a police uniform after pretending to steal a copy of his DVD from an HMV store in London. A real police community support officer who was passing by mistook the scene for a real crime and proceeded to arrest Brodkin. The scene spilled outside of the shop and even caused traffic to grind to a halt in Oxford Street. After a brief scuffle, the comedian was escorted back into the shop and forced onto the ground. A spokesperson for Brodkin said: "He was doing a signing for his (more) »
- By Alice Stewart
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