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This is the horrific moment a vicious thug broke a traffic warden's leg in a row over a £35 parking ticket .

Shamal Karim Asaad, 30, went ballistic at the warden when he issued him with a fine for parking illegally last September.

The officer, who has asked to remain anonymous, has said the incident was "like being in a horror film" and has left him with permanent nerve damage.

Shocking footage captured on the warden's bodycam shows Asaad shouting at the man "(that's) two tickets in one day" before he begins to aggressively push him.

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The warden tries to calm the situation by repeatedly pleading with Asaad to "back off" but he pounces on him, causing the enforcement officer to fall and break his leg.

He then tried to steal the man's bodycam before bystanders came to the warden's aid.

Speaking to Peterborough Today after the attack, the officer said: "I will never forget the feeling of panic when I was lying on the ground with my attacker’s face, centimetres from mine, contorted with rage.

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"It was like something out of a horror film.

“I am now back at work, but I am much more apprehensive than I used to be and of course the injury to my leg means that I find walking more uncomfortable. "

The man also thanked people who came to his aid saying he “dread to think what would have happened” if they had not stepped in.

Asaad launched his brutal assault after he had been issued a penalty charge notice (PCN) for parking illegally in a permit area last September.

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Despite the entire incident being caught on camera Asaad, of Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, denied assault.

But he was found guilty of actual bodily harm and jailed for 18 months at Peterborough Crown Court on Wednesday.

He was also sentenced to three months each for two further charges of destroying and damaging property and ordered to pay £87 compensation to his victim.

The warden said he hoped Asaad's sentence would act as a warning to others who think it's acceptable to attack civil enforcement officers.