PCSO labelled bully after taking man’s sealed cider bottle from his carrier bag

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A PCSO has been dubbed a "bully" after pouring a man's bottle of cider in the bin - despite it being sealed and inside a carrier bag.

Footage shows the officer swiping the 3L bottle of Frosty Jack's Apple Cider from a Tesco bag.

He then appears to break the seal on the booze before emptying it out in a nearby bin.

Stunned Nick Collins, 31, filmed the drama after claiming he saw the PCSO running towards a man on a bench in Wellingborough, Northamptonshire.

He can be heard saying: "Officer, don't you think that's bullying mate?

"You've took a bottle of cider out of this man's carrier bag, and now you're pouring it in the bin, yeah?"

The man whose cider it was can be seen walking away from the bin where the officer is stood.

In Northamptonshire, it is an offence to drink from an open container if asked by a law enforcement officer to stop otherwise locals could be slapped with a £1,000 fine.

But Nick claims the bottle hadn't been opened and was still inside a carrier bag when it was taken away.

He also says the PCSO took two bottles of cider - both of which were still sealed - on August 15.

The bodybuilding supplement company owner said: "He opened both bottles and poured them in the bin. I said, "Why are you pouring them into the bin? The council have to empty those.

"He just seemed like a homeless man if I'm honest, but that touched me even more. Why make him out to be bad?

"It just didn't seem fair, or right."

When confronted, the PCSO appears to show Nick legislation on his phone which allows him to take the booze away.

A Northamptonshire Police spokeswoman confirmed the man had his cider confiscated due to a Public Space Protection Order in the town.

The force's Chief Inspector James Willis said: 'A Public Spaces Protection Order (PSPO) exists in Wellingborough town centre to prevent the anti-social behaviour that comes with street drinking - something we were having an issue with earlier in the year before the PSPO was implemented, and receiving a lot of complaints about from members of the public.

"A PSPO gives police officers and police community support officers the power to seize all bottles and cans of alcohol - opened or unopened - from anyone found drinking in the protected area.

"Before the start of the video circulating on social media, the person whose bottle of alcohol had been seized by our PCSO was found drinking cans of alcohol and was highly intoxicated.

"We completely support the actions taken by our PCSO in this video and are satisfied that they were proportionate to the circumstances at the time."