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Edinburgh Playhouse staff accused of 'frogmarching' disabled pensioner from musical

A disabled West Lothian pensioner was allegedly booted out of a popular musical at one of the capital’s most renowned theatres for ‘clapping and singing’ along with the production.

Hazel Robertson told how she suffered a ‘full blown panic attack’ after dad Jim Clelland was “frogmarched” from the stalls without his wheelchair during the Bat Out of Hell show at the Edinburgh Playhouse.

The 75-year-old claimed two towering security guards stood in front of him before asking him and another group to leave after they were ordered to “calm down” by ushers.

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