Fox hunting protester arrested as Theresa May arrives at Wrexham campaign event

The activist played a hunting bugle and shouted 'save our wildlife, kill May'

A man has been arrested for protesting at Theresa May's visit to Wrexham.

The activist was attempting to protest against fox hunting, in response to Ms May's suggestion that the practice is going to be legalised again.

When the Prime Minister drove up to the community centre, he played a hunting bugle and shouted "save our wildlife, kill May".

As the protester, who said his name was Connor, continued to demonstrate police grabbed him.

Connor continued to shout as officers carried him away to nearby police vans.

"This is the fascist state that we are living in under Theresa May's regime," he yelled.

He said he was protesting about the repeal of the foxhunting Act, fracking, austerity, "the lot".

"I've not done nothing wrong," he added.

Another demonstrator told police that Connor, who appeared to have a Merseyside accent, had "done nothing wrong" and described their response as a "farce".

Ms May said she would give Conservative MPs a free vote on the ban, likely meaning that it will be lifted if the party wins the number of seats it is expected to.

The Prime Minister has said that she has never been fox hunting but suggested that it was a way of keeping "fox numbers down". That has been contested by experts and activists who believe that hunting is cruel and not required ecologically.

Ms May was visiting Wales as part of a general election campaign event. She is scheduled to launch the party's Welsh manifesto, as part of its hope that it could win a majority of seats in the country for the first time since the 19th century.