Donald Trump lookalike arrested after staging election-day limo tour urging voters not to back Labour
Businessman Andi McCann spent Thursday being chauffeured round Kilmarnock dressed as the US President and using a megaphone
A DONALD Trump lookalike was arrested after he staged an election-day limo tour urging voters not to back Labour.
Businessman Andi McCann spent Thursday being chauffeured round Kilmarnock dressed as the US President and using a megaphone to spread his message.
He even hired a pair of Secret Service-style security men to sit beside him in the presidential motor - a limousine nicknamed The Beast.
But The Donald doppelganger was lifted after allegedly entering the car park of a polling station in the town, apparently breaching electoral laws.
It’s believed Labour party members complained to cops and he was held at a police station for around three hours.
But the cheeky Trump fan - sporting a wild blonde wig on his bald head - even managed a snap in the back of the wagon.
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Andi, of Cumnock, Ayrshire, insisted his wacky antics went down a storm with voters as he posed for pictures in the trademark red tie and cap combo - while bellowing in a US accent.
The 38-year-old said: “I was being hailed a hero for lightening the mood on what was mostly a dour campaign.
“My intention is to run for the General Election on June 8 as the Trump Card Candidate to Make Kilmarnock Great Again."
Incredibly, dad Andi - who runs a van firm - was a Labour candidate five years ago but was axed after a bust-up with local party bosses.
He was removed from their 2012 list after he told a campaign leader he “despised him” after a split about how the party was being run.
Now Andi - who has been on Trump’s private jet - is facing a court appearance later this month after being charged under the Representation of the People Act.
He claims arresting officers had a laugh with him about the tour and at first had no idea if he’d committed a crime.
He added: “They detained me in the van while officers from Police Scotland got clarification from senior colleagues at police HQ in Glasgow as to what to detain me with.
“The police were fine about it - even joking it was the first time they’d arrested Donald Trump.
“It was all a laugh and not nasty in any way on my part. I didn’t realise I could get in bother so hopefully everything gets sorted at court.
“If the police didn’t even know what to charge me with then how was I expected to know I was allegedly breaking a law?
“The way I was treated by Labour in 2012 left a sour taste in my mouth so I thought this would be a good way of showing them I haven’t gone away.”
A Police Scotland spokesman said: “At about 8.30pm last night police were called to a report of a man causing a disturbance outside a polling station in Edgefield Road in Kilmarnock.
“Officers attended and a 38 year old man was arrested.”