Actor claims Met police pepper sprayed him after returning home from a show

Reece Richards, who was in Netflix’s Sex Education, says he was thrown to the ground by officers pursuing a vehicle

The Metropolitan police has said it is investigating an incident in which an actor claimed he was pepper sprayed by officers during an “unlawful arrest”.

Reece Richards, who appeared in the Netflix series Sex Education, said he was thrown to the ground during a police chase in Fulham, south-west London, on 4 September.