A dad said he was left "disgusted" after police officers stormed his hotel room when he checked in with his 13-year-old daughter.
Jon Coupland was staying at the Jury's Inn hotel in Station Street, Nottingham, with his daughter Jessica Coupland.
The 58-year-old, who has had full custody of his daughter since she was three months old, was horrified when police knocked on his door and started questioning him on Wednesday night, Nottinghamshire Live reports.
Jon, who works as a DJ said: "I have never been made to feel like this in the whole time I have had custody of Jessica.
"No one has ever questioned me or made me feel like this before.
"I was coming to Nottingham for work and Jessica said she wanted to come with me so that she could do some shopping before she went back to school.
"I decided to book the Jury's Inn as it looked like a good location and then when we got there I was checking in and they asked for ID.
"I was quite taken back by it but I went out to my car to get my driving licence with a picture of me on and showed them that. It was all fine. We checked in and went up to the room.
"About an hour later there was a knock on the door and four police officers stormed in with the manager and they started interrogating me."
Jon, who lives in Lincolnshire, said the sudden outburst upset his daughter, who is half Thai, and she was left in tears by the incident.
He added: "I am absolutely disgusted by the behaviour of the hotel and the police. We were made to feel very unwelcome and they knew I was her dad but they kept asking questions.
"I felt that it was like what happened before all over again.
"They would not have done this if my daughter wasn't half Thai.
"It was awful. They made such a scene and it was very embarrassing for her and for me.
"I want everyone to know about this and the way we were treated."
Jon and Jessica decided to leave the hotel and stayed at the Premier Inn instead, where they had no problems.
A spokesman for Nottinghamshire Police confirmed that police attended the incident following a report of suspicious behaviour.
Nottinghamshire Police was called to Jury’s Inn, Waterfront Plaza, Nottingham city centre, at 6.45pm on Wednesday, August 28 following a report of behaviour which was perceived as suspicious where a child was present.
Officers were quick to arrive at the scene and established that the child was safe and well and no offences had been committed.
Nottinghamshire takes child welfare very seriously and will respond to any reports of concern from the public.
A spokesman from Jury's Inn added: “As this matter was dealt with by the police, it would not be appropriate for us to comment.”
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