Grand National protesters: We were brutalised by police and security guards

In a video posted on the group’s social media, those involved alleged they had been pepper-sprayed, grabbed, sworn at and laughed at by officers

A protester is detained by police at the start of the Grand National during day three of the Randox Grand National Festival at Aintree Racecourse, Liverpool (Mike Egerton/PA)

Protesters who attempted to stop the Grand National by gaining access to the racecourse have alleged they were “brutalised” by police.

More than 100 people were arrested and the steeplechase was delayed on Saturday after activists from campaign group Animal Rising attempted to scale fences around Aintree Racecourse, with some accessing the track and trying to glue themselves to fences.