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A police officer reportedly forced a driver to pull over and remove a 'bollocks to Brexit ' sign from his car.

Peter Cook, a passenger in the yellow Mini Cooper, said the officer pulled them over on the M25 near Brentwood on Sunday.

He described the officer as "extremely aggressive" during the 40 minute ordeal.

Peter said: "He said it (the slogan) was a public order offence, he insisted we remove the signage on the hard shoulder of the M25.

He said the policeman shouted at him and the driver during the 40 minutes they were pulled over and "bullied" them into removing part of the slogan, reports the BBC .

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After the car was pulled over Peter said they moved to Brentwood Services after he dialled 999 fearing for their safety.

From there, they were made to peel some of the wording off before the police man allowed them to drive away with no further action taken.

Mr Cook said the policeman had been "bang out of order" slammed his "atrocious behaviour".

He also said he would be making a complaint to the Police Complaints Commission.

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In 1977, Nottingham Magistrates' Court ruled "bollocks" was not an obscene word during the case of a record store manager who had been arrested for displaying the Sex Pistols' debut album Never Mind The Bollocks, Here's The Sex Pistols.

A spokesman for Essex Police said: "We are trying to identify the officer from the video footage to establish the circumstances around what happened.

"In the meantime, we would encourage the driver to get in touch with us."