LONDON: Police officers tried to grab injured Everton striker Victor Anichebe’s crutches to stop him “escaping” when he was wrongly accused of attempting to rob a jewellery shop, the player said on Thursday.
Anichebe issued a strongly worded statement through his club on Thursday after Cheshire Police apologised for the incident on Wednesday in the affluent town of Knutsford, northern England.
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