We’ve just found this extraordinary video (called ‘Club doorman almost kills man’) on YouTube after @Rosebushh Tweeted it.
We’ve spoken to the person who shot this video from their car mounted camera and they confirm that the incident took place outside Yates in Newport.
The video shows someone in a Yellow jacket – often worn by doormen – violently push someone into the middle of the road, just as a car comes into view.
Quick reactions
Fortunately for all concerned the driver of the car reacts quickly and swerves away from the shoved-man moving towards them, with the car braking just in time.
It’s quite clear from the video that if that drive hadn’t taken that evasive action, the person pushed would have been hit by the car.
Did you see this happen?
The video has a time code in the bottom right hand corner which reads 15th Feb 2013 at 9:53pm. Did you see this?
The video
Response from the Police
Police can confirm that they were made aware of an incident concerning a man who was removed from Yates in Newport on Friday, February 15 2013.
Police have received no reports of a complaint against a member of staff in connection with the incident.
The matter was dealt with internally by the owner’s of the premises at the time.
Update 10:47 27 Feb 14: Changed wording after conversation with the person who shot the video, removing question mark over if it was in Newport’
16:45 Added response from the Police.
Image: YouTube freeze frame
