WTF? UK Police Arrest Famous YouTube Pianist In Front Of His Young Kids For Complaining Emails

A YouTube pianist and his wife have accused police of being heavy-handed and traumatising their children when arresting the couple for making a child abuse allegation.

Six officers handcuffed Brendan and Lorainne Kavanagh and seized electronic equipment worth £12,000 after arriving in two marked police cars and a van at the family’s home.

Mr Kavanagh, who uses the name Dr K and broadcasts boogie-woogie performances and piano lessons online, said his three children, all aged under 14, were “terrified”.

The couple were arrested by Bedfordshire Police on suspicion of harassment on April 1. The arrest was captured on their security cameras.

The couple had shared concerns through email and WhatsApp messages with other parents in the Catholic community that someone ministering in the area was alleged to have had an inappropriate relationship while working as a priest abroad.

Mr Kavanagh, 57, said: “My wife and I were arrested and handcuffed in front of our children. Our children were terrified and did not understand what was going on.

“The only evidence the police had were three or four angry – but non-violent – emails I had sent.”

The musician raised concerns about someone who celebrated a Latin mass last year at a chapel they have on their land. He became concerned about that individual and contacted a senior figure from within the church in the Caribbean, who claimed the man had faced allegations of inappropriate behaviour when he was on the island.

Mr Kavanagh decided to email some people about the issues raised. He soon discovered that the man had complained to police that Mr Kavanagh was “calling him a paedophile on social media” and urging his YouTube followers to “beat him up”.

“Clearly the police did not even bother to check this out, as it would have been found to be a complete lie,” Mr Kavanagh continued. “The low standard of evidence used to authorise such overkill is truly staggering.

“We are told the police have scarce resources. Yet if someone can claim their feelings are hurt, that is all that matters. It appears very easy to engage in vexatious behaviour using the police as a tool to silence and intimidate. The modern British police have truly become the ‘hurty feelings’ police.”