Disabled Birmingham man tarred and feathered in attack
A DISABLED man who claimed he was tarred and feathered on a Birmingham street in an apparent vigilante attack today relived his alleged ordeal.
Alan Topping said he was bundled in to the back of a van and beaten unconscious before being tied half-naked to a tree during an hour-long ordeal.
The 26-year-old said he was finally left outside a pub, covered in tar and feathers and left with a sign around his neck which read: “I rob old people’s homes for drug money”.
Mr Topping strongly denies the burglary allegations.
It was alleged the attack was meted out in retribution for a burglary in the Woodgate Valley area a week before.
A police spokesman said a burglary was being investigated but nobody had been arrested.
Mr Topping said he was in a benefits office at the time of the break-in, which police said they were still investigating.
“I keep having flashbacks all the time,” he said.
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