This is the shocking moment a ‘drunk’ man crashed into a ring of fire during a street performance – before being booted out for harassing spectators.
The footage shows the man becoming aggressive toward a group of people in Leicester city center.
On Saturday, you can hear the cheers of the spectators as the daredevil street magician performs his tricks. But before long the man is pushed into the crowd.
Before an argument begins, he appears to be muttering incoherently to the two women.
Here’s the moment when a drunk man crashed into an ablaze ring during street performances in Leicester.
One woman pushes the man away but he then retaliates by shoving her and spraying his drink in one woman’s face.
As the man is being thrown to his death, witnesses rush to aid.
He then runs into the center of the stunt circle, knocking over the firering which is on his head.
As the man tries to rise, spectators gasp and try not to burn his clothes.
On Saturday, the audience can be heard cheering for the street performer as he does his tricks.
A woman pushes the man aside, but he retaliates by pushing her away and spraying his drink into another woman’s eyes. The brawl escalates and the man is knocked to the floor by fellow witnesses.
Frustrated at the disruption to his show by the man, the street performer knocks him down and then drags him off to cheers from the crowd.
Martin Johnson, 53 years old, was a security officer and witnessed the altercation while recording the performance.
‘We all had our phones out ready to record the show but I noticed a man arguing with two women,’ Martin, who was on his lunch break at the time.
“The fight escalated quickly.
The apparently intoxicated man runs straight into the middle of the stunt circle and knocks over the ring of fire which falls on top of him
Frustrated at the disruption to his show by the man, the street performer knocks him down and then drags him off to the cheers of the crowd.
One of the girls took offense to the man getting close to her daughter’s young girl. After numerous warnings she attempted to grab him, but he continued to throw his drink at her.
“He got up and tried to strike back, but there were about four to five women in the way. So instead of retaliating, he kicked it into the fire runner’s ring.
“But, the fiery rings fell on him while the crowd gasped in horror and screamed.
The flame runner looks on in terror and rushes over to ensure that the fire ring is out.
Leicestershire Police said they were not called to the incident but that shortly before 6.30pm they received a call from a man stating he had been assaulted.
The man was found by officers and was taken to his home.