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A paramedic has been sacked after he assaulted a drunk man in the A&E ward of a hospital.

Adrian Penfold-Ivany had served 13 years with the North West Ambulance Service before he was investigated due to the incident and sacked.

CCTV footage shows his victim, who was drunk, arguing with Royal Liverpool hospital staff and confronting an elderly hospital visitor before Mr Penfold-Ivery grabbed hold of him and pushed him out the waiting room.

He can be seen repeatedly throwing the man to the floor in an attempt to force him out of a second hallway.


After the scuffle, the drunk man was taken away by hospital security staff and arrested by police but no further action was taken.



Mr Penfold-Ivany appealed the decision with the service’s disciplinary committee.

He told the Liverpool Echo: ‘Right now, the way I’ve been treated and made to feel, I wouldn’t be sorry if I never saw the inside of an ambulance ever again.’

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The committee said: ‘The amount of force used (by Mr Penfold-Ivany) was, in the panel’s view, excessive.

‘At no point from the CCTV footage did it appear that you were acting in self-defence given that the man never physically attacked you.’

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An ambulance service spokesman said: ‘As part of the appeal process, a different panel reviewed all the evidence in this case, including CCTV footage, and the trust’s original decision was upheld.

‘This case has now been referred to the Health and Care Professions Council.’