Bungling police raided a comedy club that was posting old routines on Facebook after fearing it was staging a lockdown-flouting show.
Owner Paul Blair, 33, was sitting at home enjoying the recordings of past performances when he got a call warning him his club was swarming with cops.
Twelve officers in vans surrounded it after someone who tuned into the online show – featuring comics in front of a 200- strong audience – mistakenly thought it was happening live.
Paul logged into CCTV cameras outside The Hot Water Comedy Club in Liverpool on Saturday to see the puzzled bobbies. The club has been shut due to the outbreak but has continued showing the archived footage.
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