The mistaken arrest of an actor who says he was pepper-sprayed, kicked and thrown to the ground by officers in west London is being investigated by the Metropolitan Police.

Reece Richards, who played Eugene in the hit Netflix show, was going home after performing in Hairspray the Musical in Milton Keynes when he was pinned down despite being an innocent bystander. The actor said he witnessed two men fleeing a car crash near his home in Fulham, west London, when he became the victim of an unlawful arrest.

Netflix star Reece Richards was allegedly thrown to the ground, kicked, and pepper-sprayed by police officers earlier this month who mistook the actor for a suspect

An actor has claimed he was the victim of "police misconduct" after allegedly being pepper sprayed in an "unlawful arrest".