- Muaz Tarafdar tried to escape from the scene of a fight outside a hotel in Cardiff
- Video footage shows him being smashed to the ground by a pedestrian
- He gets back up but is then grounded again by another person crossing the road
- When he was arrested he was found with a large knife in his backpack
- Tarafdar, 20, was jailed for six months after admitting possessing a weapon
This is the dramatic moment a knifeman is thrown through the air after a pedestrian tackled him from his getaway bike as he tried to flee police during a city centre chase.
Muaz Tarafdar, 20, was smashed to the ground after trying to escape from the scene of a fight outside a hotel in Cardiff.
The video footage was recorded by a bystander on the street and shows Tarafdar cycling away towards a set of traffic lights, before he is knocked down by a man in a blue hooded jumper.
This is the dramatic moment a knifeman is thrown through the air after a pedestrian tackled him from his getaway bike as he tried to flee police during a city centre chase
He gets back up and tries to flee on foot, but is then grounded by another pedestrian, who was crossing the road
Tarafdar (left), who spent £10 each day on crack cocaine and is addicted to cannabis, was given a six-month prison sentence after pleading guilty of possessing a weapon (right) at Cardiff Crown Court
He gets back up and tries to flee on foot, but is then grounded by another pedestrian, who was crossing the road.
A police car is then seen braking heavily to stop and catch the drug addict.
When he was arrested he was found with a large knife in his backpack, according to Wales Online.
Tarafdar, who spent £10 each day on crack cocaine and is addicted to cannabis, was given a six-month prison sentence after pleading guilty of possessing a weapon at Cardiff Crown Court.
District Judge Bodfan Jenkins told him: ‘You had in your possession a particularly, if not highly, dangerous weapon in very dangerous circumstances.
The video footage was recorded by a bystander on the street and shows Tarafdar cycling away towards a set of traffic lights, before he is knocked down by a man in a blue hooded jumper
When he was arrested he was found with a large knife in his backpack
Tarafdar, who spent £10 each day on crack cocaine and is addicted to cannabis, was given a six-month prison sentence after pleading guilty of possessing a weapon at Cardiff Crown Court
‘In the circumstances of the case this clearly crosses the custody threshold. There can be no reason for suspending the sentence.’
Defending, Nia James told the court her client had a ‘significant difficulty with cannabis’ and uses ‘a joint a day’.
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