Hucknall alerts shop staff in gun drama

Singer Mick Hucknall was at the centre of a gun drama as he shopped in his local supermarket.

The Simply Red frontman alerted fellow shoppers and staff after spotting a teenager with what he believed was a handgun.

Staff at the Waitrose store in Cobham, Surrey, called police and a teenage boy was arrested in a nearby sports shop on suspicion of possessing an imitation handgun.

Hucknall, 44, lives in a Tudor home in nearby Waltonon-Thames.

A spokesman for Hucknall said the singer was simply doing his duty when he raised the alarm.

"He was in Cobham, his local village, and there was someone in the supermarket who he thought might have had a gun," he said.

"He mentioned it to staff and I believe they rang the police.

"Mick's just a normal guy and was going about his normal business."

A spokesman for Surrey Police confirmed that a 14-year-old boy from Tottenham had been arrested on suspicion of possessing an imitation firearm.

"He was arrested in Cobham and was taken to Staines police station," he said.

"He was released to receive a mental health assessment in due course."