Diabetic Mr Universe sprayed with Mace, arrested and wrestled by US police

REIGNING Mr Universe Doug Burns was sprayed with Mace and wrestled to the ground by US police, who mistakenly believed he was intoxicated when the diabetic bodybuilder was actually going through insulin shock.

Despite the misunderstanding at a cinema on Sunday, the police proceeded to arrest, detain and charge Burns for misdemeanour assault and for resisting his arrest in the first place.

Redwood City, California police captain Chris Cessina said officers reported that Burns, aged 43, had assumed a fighting stance and that it took four officers to bring him into submission.