Campaigner handcuffs himself to UK minister

A Fathers 4 Justice campaigner handcuffed himself to a British government minister at a family law conference in Manchester today, police said.

The man handcuffed himself to children’s minister Margaret Hodge at 10.11am and was arrested by police officers at 10.50am.

Fathers 4 Justice said Jolly Stanesby and Jason Hatch, who scaled Buckingham Palace dressed as batman earlier this year, had made “a citizen's arrest”.

A Greater Manchester Police spokesman said: “Officers arrived at the hotel and the minister, who was attending the meeting, was freed from the handcuffs.

“She was unharmed and a man has been arrested in connection with the incident. The man involved is believed to have been representing Fathers 4 Justice.”