Police tell locked-down Brits they can’t go in their own GARDENS

Heavy-handed police are prowling supermarket aisles in a bid to catch shoppers buying ‘non-essential’ items amid concerns that officers are abusing their powers as Britain goes into lockdown for the Easter weekend.

Police forces across the country have been accused of being over-zealous in their crackdown as they threatened to set up road blocks to grill motorists on why they were not at home, causing #policestateUK to trend on Twitter.

Meanwhile a viral video showed a South Yorkshire police officer scolding a family on their own doorstep for letting their young children play on their front lawn.