Hide, 54, appeared at Norwich Magistrates’ Court charged with assault following an incident at his home on Long Lane in Bawburgh, on the outskirts of Norwich.

The court was told officers not in uniform and in an unmarked car had gained entry to the sprawling gated-property on July 3 last year.

Gated entrance to Bawburgh home where Herbie Hide has lived since 2003 (inset) (Image: Newsquest/Google)

It is alleged when one of the officers, who had not identified themselves as police, had been........

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