WORCESTER’S custody sergeant will spend a night locked up in the cells for charity.

Sergeant Billy Keys, 44, will be locked in a cell in Steel House Lane, Birmingham, in the supposedly haunted Victorian cell block from 7pm to 7am on January 31.

Sergeant Keys said: “I’m sure my regulars down here in custody will be very amused to know that the Sargeant is being locked up for the night! I am looking forward to going on the other side of the desk. I will be taking a sleeping bag, a strong coffee (if they let me,) and a notepad and pen to see if I can come up with some more bad jokes.

"It is for a really good cause and if folks have got any pennies left after Christmas I’d ask them to kindly give something to our charity, it makes all the difference."

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This fundraiser is part of the “Lockup Lockin 2020” campaign and will raise money for Care of Police Survivors - a care charity that supports families left behind after a police officer has died.

Funds will also go to the West Midlands Police Heritage Project to convert the Steelhouse Lane Lock-up into the new police museum.

Together with other fundraisers, they’ve raised £3,455 of their £10,000 goal.

Sergeant Keys from Worcester has been in the force for 22 years and has worked at the custody suite for two years. He is known on twitter as Worcester Custody Sergeant and posts humorous observations about his day to day duties.

He said: ”I really enjoy my time in custody, you see the good, the bad and the ugly. My twitter account started by accident really. In this job we see some really nasty stuff and deal with some really nasty people, so writing about my experiences and observations in a funny way helps. I wasn’t expecting it to become so popular with people.

“I poke fun at the staff as well as the detainees. It’s a funny old job, you have to see the lighter more entertaining side.”

To donate visit: www.chuffed.org