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Liam Buckler & Josie Adnitt

Wetherspoons bouncers tackle ejected man to the floor in broad daylight outside pub

This is the shocking moment Wetherspoons bouncers tackle an ejected man in broad daylight outside the pub.

Footage showed the security workers talking to the blue-shirted man in front of the V-Shed in Bristol when the situation looked calm.

However, the two doormen tackled the unidentified man to the floor - with one seemingly using his foot to pin the man down.

Wetherspoons initially confirmed the bouncers had been "stood down from their duties" while an investigation was carried out.

But in an update today, the boozer said the investigation had been completed - but declined to reveal the outcome.

The security worker talking to the blue-shirted man both seem relaxed (SWNS)
The bouncers then grapple with the customer outside the V-Shed in Bristol (SWNS)

Chris Shutt, 35, took the video at around 9pm on August 1 and posted it on Facebook, where it was viewed and shared hundreds of times.

Chris, a business owner who filmed the footage before leaving the pub, alleged: "It was excessive from the start.

"When they got him to the boundary of the pub garden, instead of throwing him out they pushed him and he went into the railings by the canal.

"The guy came over obviously drunk, he probably should have left but was just trying to verbally defend himself.

The security guards pin the man to the floor in dramatic fashion (SWNS)
Customers were enjoying a pint when the incident happened (SWNS)

"As I started recording the two of them slammed him down onto the concrete and one of them put his arm out and the other stamped on his wrist."

In the footage, the man can be seen talking to the bouncers - with one of them walking away and laughing as the punter tried to defend his actions.

However, the mood quickly changed.

The bouncers then tackled the customer to the ground - with one seemingly using his foot to pin the man down.

The video has been shared over 300 times on Facebook.

They appear to slam him to the floor as one of the guard seemingly stamps on the man's wrist to restrain him (SWNS)

Chris said: "It was not good and not nice - afterwards they argued for a bit longer before he went off.

"[The man] might have been mouthing off but he wasn't being violent."

A Wetherspoons spokesman said: "An investigation was carried out in to the incident at the V Shed, Bristol and follow-up actions have been agreed directly with the door staff company.

"We do not consider it appropriate to comment on the specifics of the outcome.

"While Wetherspoon does not condone the use of violent or aggressive behaviour by its door staff, reasonable force in order to restrain and, if necessary, remove customers from premises is permitted.

"Unfortunately, the extract of the customer's mobile phone footage of the incident does not show the customer's actions which prompted the door security team's response to try and restrain the customer.

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