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The 'silver man' who gained notoriety for swearing on live TV had his collection pot kicked over yesterday after he screamed "give me some money" at passers-by in Leicester.

Ricky Carter, 32, lives in Loughborough but comes to the city to pose as a statue by the famous clock tower.

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At around 5pm on Tuesday, he began shouting at people in the city centre.

Crowds of shoppers stopped and stared before a man walked over and kicked the metal bucket Mr Carter uses to collect change in.

Mr Carter went to retrieve his money and called the other man "a f**cking idiot".

This sparked a range of reactions as some rushed to help him pick up his scattered coins while others laughed and jeered at the incident.

One man jumped in between and shouted at those gathered in Mr Carter's defence.

He said: "He's not hurting anybody.

"My man stands here all day for his money.

"Leave him alone. People need to just leave him alone, man."

In July, Mr Carter was seen on BBC East Midlands Today telling someone to "f**k off" in the background of an interview with a police officer.

At the time he said that this was because a man 'approached him in an aggressive and threatening manner'.

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He said: “He was trying to have an argument with me.

“He said I was taking money from homeless people.”

Mr Carter explained that he is working as a ‘silver man’ in an attempt to clear debts he has with a pawn broker.