That's happened before, as the police in the UK do make mistakes. This, however, doesn't seem to be a mistake of that nature (i.e. of "wrong room" but right property at the right time).
Originally Posted by
Wally Bird
If one is simply sitting in the room watching TV, the police do not turn up wanting "a word"..
It happens. In one rather posh residential building in London, the police turned up wanting a word with a newly-moved in resident because the neighbor had been considered to be a prostitute.