Ground Force star Tommy Walsh was arrested and spent the night in police cells after confronting two men he found urinating in his neighbour’s garden.

The 58-year-old celebrity builder clashed with one of the men, who was later taken to hospital.

Walsh was released on police bail yesterday and now faces a criminal investigation for ‘inflicting actual bodily harm’.

Fight: Ground Force star Tommy Walsh, pictured, is under police investigation after clashing with two men

Walsh, who shot to fame on the DIY gardening show with Alan Titchmarsh and Charlie Dimmock, was with his son Jonjo, 28, after the pair had gone to a local pub in Hackney, East London, on Friday evening.

The married father-of-three told The Mail on Sunday: ‘I saw them as I was coming home and I said, that’s bang out of order. It’s disgusting. My neighbour’s kids play in that garden.

‘They came out into the street at me aggressively. They sounded Eastern European.

‘I felt threatened and there was an altercation. It was just handbags and pulling shirts and things, nothing really.

‘It was over really quickly – no punching or kicking or anything. Afterwards one of the guys was bleeding a bit so I brought him into my house and got him a plaster for his ear.

‘He was all apologetic at first but then he started to get aggressive again so I ushered him out of the door.

‘I thought that was the end of it but 20 minutes later I had the police here saying he had complained and they were arresting me.

‘I couldn’t believe it. I thought it was a joke.’

Walsh added: ‘I went for a couple of quiet pints with my son and ended up in Wood Green police station all night.

Mr Walsh was arrested after the fracas and kept overnight in cells at Wood Green Police Station, pictured

'The police were very polite and understanding but they have procedures to follow.

'But you can’t have people urinating in front gardens – it’s immoral. There is a public loo in the park 250 yards away.’

A police spokesman said: ‘Officers attended and found a man in his 30s suffering from an ear injury following an altercation with two men.

‘He was taken to hospital for a check-up but was not seriously injured.

‘One man aged in his 50s was later arrested on suspicion of ABH and taken to a local police station for questioning.