A toy car collector was held in a cell for four hours and refused his heart medication over the £16 online sale of three Dinky models.

Charles Traynor from Glasgow was taken into custody, photographed, fingerprinted, and had his DNA taken when another enthusiast claimed he'd failed to send the toys he'd bought on Ebay.

But Mr Traynor, who had never been in trouble with the police, says the buyer had refused to pay the postage amount of £6 meaning he'd held back sending the items.

Despite all charges being dropped and Ebay themselves saying Mr Traynor wasn't at fault Police Scotland refused to apologise.

It was only after the findings of an independent investigation that bosses finally said sorry for "any distress" caused by the investigation.

The heavy-handed tactics saw two policemen take the 51 year old father-of-five from his home, drive him to a station three miles away, and put him in a cell on suspicion of online fraud.

Joiner Charles was taken into custody on May 27 2015 but was forced to wait 467 before being told by prosecutors the case had been dropped.

Charles said: "It's difficult to know what's worst about this whole saga.

"The way I was treated by the police, or the waste of taxpayers' money and police man hours investigating the sale of three Dinky toys. It's farcical really.