Pastor Regan King had been preparing for worship at the evangelical Angel Church in Islington, North London, with his Jewish wife Rachel and young children. But the crazed woman entered at about 10am, allegedly shouting Islamic calls to prayer in Arabic before directly addressing and reaching out to the youngsters.

Mr King then moved his family to safety before demanding that the woman leave the building, but she was instead said to have became more aggressive.

The woman repeatedly shouted through the church’s sound system ‘Allahu Akbar’ – before two police cars and a van were said to have arrived ten minutes later.

As she was arrested on suspicion of a religiously-aggravated public order offence, the woman allegedly tried to appeal to one of the officers who she believed was a Muslim. She was said to have referred to him as ‘brother’, spoke in Arabic and repeatedly said to him: ‘Remember Allah.’ However, the officer told her that he did not speak Arabic and that she should speak in English.