A video has emerged appearing to show a bouncer hitting a member of the public outside a Dartford night club.

The 10 second clip, posted on Facebook by Niamh Watt, shows the incident outside Air & Breathe nightclub on Saturday night (June 13).

The security guard appears to lash out at a man, who is stood near an entrance to the club, causing the man to fall to the ground.

The video was posted yesterday and has already been viewed over 140,000 times.

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Posted by Niamh Watt on Saturday, June 13, 2015

 

Miss Watt, 18, told News Shopper she saw the incident while with a friend in the smoking area outside the club, adding she thought the bouncer was provoked.

She said: "Me and my friend were in the smoking area when the man in the video came up to us and tried to grab us.

"We told him to go away and he made his way to the bouncers and we kept a close eye on him.

"He started shouting abuse at one of the women bouncers and then the male bouncer in the video asked him to make his way home.

"The man didn't like this and swung at the bouncer, hitting him in the face.

"The bouncer then pushed him away and the man started hitting him.

"The bouncer obviously retaliated and hit him back.

"This went on for another two minutes, constantly hitting each other back and forth, and I caught the last 10 seconds."

She added: "I want to say this is because I don't want the bouncer to lose his job over this or be made out to be nasty."

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Police have confirmed the incident has been reported to them.

A spokeswoman for Air & Breathe said: "We take this matter extremely seriously.

"This behaviour is not acceptable and is not reflective of our high professional standards.  

"We have raised the incident with our security provider, who has already taken action against the individual concerned."