Revellers on a night out in the Gay Village called 999 reporting a topless man was chasing them up and down the street asking about lemon meringue pie.

Police were called to reports the drunk male was chasing unsuspecting victims along Bloom Street in the early hours of Saturday morning.

After receiving the call at about 3.40am, officers managed to trace the male about an hour later, and had a word with him.

Speaking at the time, the officer dealing with the case said: “I have spoken to this male. He is OK. He has not mentioned lemon meringue pies. He is going for his train.”

It was one of a number of bizarre incidents reported during the night.

Earlier on, at about 10pm, officers were called to reports a man with no pants on was being massaged by a female in Piccadilly.

Insp Phil Spurgeon said: “Officers attended and found the man fully clothed with a pair of chinos on, which we think were light or skin coloured, making the caller think he had no pants on. There was no sexual activity taking place.”

Then at around 5am, a worried man called to say he thought he had been burgled as his front door was wide open when he returned home, and his flatmate’s clothes were scattered around the door.

The man quickly rang back to tell police the flatmate was drunk and asleep in bed and had obviously left the door wide open and dropped their stuff everywhere.