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A security guard at the Christmas market in Glasgow has been branded a bully after allegedly threatening to throw water over a homeless man.

Footage emerged online over the weekend of a steward being confronted by angry Glaswegians at the George Square market.

Twitter user @bigantsmasain posted a clip of the incident which shows the guard on his phone as revellers vent their anger at him.

So far the video has been viewed more than 269,000 times, retweeted 4,000 times and liked by 5,700 people.

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@bigantsmasain tweeted: "Just realised I only tweeted screenshot of the bully security guard last night that threatened to throw a bucket of cold water over homeless person, here’s video, please share and give the p**** the fame he craves."

In the video the security guard is filmed on the phone. While he speaks the person taking the footage says: "Tell them you've been threatening to throw water over a guy sitting begging."

The steward responds: "There is no threatening or anything like that."

@bigantsmasain then tells a crowd: "He threatened to throw a cold bucket over him."

Out of shot people can be heard also accusing the market worker of threatening the homeless man.

It's believed the homeless person was sitting at the entrance to the popular market when he was approached by the security guard on Saturday night.

Despite being accused of threatening to throw water the steward denied doing so.

During the 2 minutes and 20 seconds clip the worker says the cops are on their way, however Police Scotland told the Daily Record it did not receive any reports from George Square on Saturday evening.

The Glasgow Christmas Market is run by Market Place who then contract the security to a different firm.

Nick Rhodes, chief executive of Market Place, said: "Security services at the Glasgow Christmas Market are provided by an external company.

"We have been made aware of allegations of what we consider to be highly inappropriate actions from one of their employees.

"We have contacted the security providers and asked for assurances that this matter and the individual are being dealt with.

"Market Place (operators of the Glasgow Christmas Market) do not tolerate such behaviour at any of our events."