A second man has complained of Police aggression this week after a blunder led officers to call at the wrong address and try to arrest him.

The Royal Gazette reported yesterday that Albert Santucci claimed he was roughed up by officers - including one who allegedly stood on his face - when they arrested him at 5.45 a.m. on Tuesday for non-appearance in court.

Mr. Santucci, of Fork Lane, Southampton, said he already appeared in court for the matter on which he was arrested and had received a sentence.

E. Michael Smith said yesterday that on the same morning at 6 a.m. a squad of Police officers got the wrong address and called at his house in South Road, Southampton, and tried to arrest him on a child maintenance matter.

He said Police only realised they had the wrong man after an officer allegedly slapped his credit cards and driver's licence out of his hands, which were then examined by the bailiff on the raid.

A Police spokesman said yesterday that the Service is aware of Mr. Smith's allegations and is looking into the matter.

Mr. Smith, who said he has no previous convictions and does not owe any child maintenance money, said one officer in particular was repeatedly aggressive towards him and claims he was trying to provoke him into a fight.

Mr. Smith told The Royal Gazette yesterday that when he looked at the warrant presented to him, he told Police they had the wrong man because the address was wrong, and didn't even look at the name.

"The bailiff said to me 'didn't I talk to you about this before?' and I said 'no, you got the wrong guy'. This English officer kept saying 'come on mate, come on mate, get dressed'.

"This English officer was asking me to take my rings off as well for some reason.

"He was saying 'come on, you're on my time now', and I said 'no, you're on my time'.

"I brushed my hair and went to pick up my licence and credit cards and one of them smacked me on the hand, knocking them out of my hands and he said 'drop it, drop it, drop it'.

"I said 'this is my licence', and they put the handcuffs on me.

"I told them again 'you've got the wrong guy'.

"While the credit cards and licence were on the floor, the bailiff picked up the licence, looked at it and says 'hold on'.

"He compared the address with the address on the arrest warrant and said 'hold on, give me the key for the handcuffs' and he unlocked the handcuffs.

"He says 'Mr. Smith I am sorry, I will give you a written apology'.

"He has called me since and I'm not overly worried about the bailiff because his attitude was OK.

"My problem was I was asked to take my rings off and I was hit on the hand while I was trying to identify myself. I have filed an official complaint.

"I filed a complaint at Hamilton Police Station and the inspector went to speak to the officer that was arresting me and he had denied that he smacked my hands.

"If he had admitted it and come across and offered an apology, I would probably not be pressing this.

"His whole demeanour was to try to provoke me and trying to do something to get a reason to arrest me.

"The whole demeanour was adversarial and that's not what community policing is about, it was just out of control.

"I am a law-abiding citizen and I would hate to think that Commissioner (Jonathan) Smith would condone this type of policing.

"I can understand how young Bermudian boys who don't have a good family upbringing on non-reactive behaviour could blow off the handle."

A Police spokesman said yesterday: "We are aware of Mr. Smith's allegations and are looking into this matter."

Police said on Tuesday they had not yet received a formal complaint from Mr. Santucci.

Mr. Santucci said yesterday he has now made his complaint.