The alcoholic man had just attacked a security guard at the Vannes Christmas market on December 22.
He is nicknamed the vigilante Santa Claus. Thursday, December 22, in the town of Vannes in Morbihan, an individual was overpowered by a former gendarme black belt in judo, reports the newspaper West France . He had just taken off his Santa Claus costume.
Pascal Guillotel, former retired policeman, was present at the Christmas market for activities with children in the Christmas village, Place Maurice-Marchais. Suddenly, an intoxicated individual, who was disturbing families, begins to attack a security guard who had just been called by the organizers to get him out of the market.
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«He was violent with the members of the Festival Committee“says Pascal Guillotel to West France. «They called a Securiteam agent. When the person arrived, he threw himself on her». «He kept thrashing hysterically“, continues to tell the former policeman. He then decides to intervene by giving him a judo hold.
The police then arrived on the scene to take the individual, who was placed in a drunk tank.
