M1: Watch shocking footage captured as man pulls ‘gun’ on South Yorkshire Police officers on motorway

Steven Trevor Nelson, aged 35, was wandering along the motorway around 9am on March 23 when an officer closed the motorway, believing him to be in distress.

After receiving calls into the force control room, a roads policing officer from South Yorkshire Police, attended the scene. Worried for Nelson’s safety, the officer closed the road and approached him to offer help.