A woman at Notting Hill Carnival was arrested for allegedly slapping a police inspector on his bum.

Inspector Owen Pyle, or Southwark police, tweeted about the arrest and stated that he 'did not come to work to be sexually assaulted'.

The incident happened at Notting Hill Carnival on Monday.

Inspector Pyle tweeted: He said: “While dealing with an incident at Carnival yesterday a woman thought it'd be funny to slap my bum.

“She soon regretted it when I arrested her.

“I don't come to work to be sexually assaulted while doing my job. That kind of behaviour is unacceptable.”

Insp Pyle highlighted the arrest on his social media account

When asked by someone if the woman was apologetic afterwards, he said: “Not initially. Only when she was arrested and escorted away from Carnival.”

There was a mixed reaction to the arrest by those on social media.

While some were supportive of the officer's actions, another tweeted: "I bet the custody officer was well pleased one of their valuable cells was filled with this master criminal. Get a grip! (No pun intended)."

Another said: "Perhaps you should not be allowed to attend Carnival. Arresting her is one thing but splashing on Social Media is below the belt"

One supporter tweeted: "I really don't understand how people can think that behaving like that towards a police officer or anyone else for that matter would be acceptable".

Police at Notting Hill carnival
The carnival is an annual event
Nearly one million people dance in the streets of plush Notting Hill

A fellow Met officer, Jon Killen an emergency response team police constable, responded on Twitter.

He said: “This is just appalling, sorry Guv. I'm sure she thought that the Carnival atmosphere meant she could get away with it, and I'm glad you showed her how wrong she was!”

Scotland Yard said in a statement: "At 9.45pm on Monday, 27 August a 26-year-old woman was arrested on suspicion of being drunk and disorderly in Westbourne Park Road, W2.

"She was taken to a central London police station, where she was issued a dispersal order requiring her to leave the Carnival footprint."