Leicestershire police shoot man with taser stun gun for second time

Armed police have shot the same man with a Taser stun gun for the second time in a week.

Andrew James Digby was arrested by officers using the electric stun guns in Asfordby Valley yesterday.

Half a dozen police cars, including riot vans and vehicles carrying armed officers went to the junction of Main Road and Brook Crescent, in the village, shortly before noon.

It comes a week after four Tasers and two baton rounds were fired at the 46-year-old, of Beckmill Court, Melton, when he was arrested following a disturbance in Stathern, in the Vale of Belvoir.

He was reported to police by villagers after he was seen to dig up a driveway without the owner's permission.

On Friday, at Loughborough Magistrates' Court, he was given a day's detention for criminal damage, possession of cannabis and for driving other than in accordance with a licence. He walked free from court because of the time he had already spent in police custody.

Leicestershire police said yesterday's arrest was carried out on behalf of Lincolnshire Police for an alleged breach of a harassment order served by magistrates, in Grantham, a year ago.

An eyewitness, who asked not to be named, said: "This big bloke in a cowboy hat came driving down in his van, but was blocked by police vehicles.

"There were a lot of police and a lot of shouting and they fired a Taser at him. Then he was on the ground and they were putting handcuffs on him."

Another man, who also asked not to be identified, said: "I came riding past on my bike and I saw a bloke being put in the back of a van.

"There must have been 20 coppers here, all for one bloke."

A third man, who also asked to remain anonymous, said: "I heard a lot of shouting and I heard a voice say, 'what was that?'

"There were six or seven police cars here and it was all over very quickly, but no-one told us anything about what was going on."

A recovery company from Melton towed away the man's white W-registered Ford Transit van.

A Lincolnshire police spokesman confirmed a 46-year-old man had been arrested by Leicestershire police on their behalf for questioning over an alleged breach of a harassment order served by Grantham magistrates on April 19 last year.

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