AN IRISHMAN killed this fox by stamping on the beast after it attacked his wife when they were going out for a drink.

The deranged animal sneaked up on Lenka Dunne, 35, and sunk its teeth into her shin as hubby David was queuing to use an ATM on St Stephen’s night in Roscrea, Co Tipperary.

3 David Dunne stamped this fox to death after it attacked his wife Credit: patjmoore@gmail.com

Quick-thinking David, 47, was forced to stamp on the blood-thirsty fox which continued to snarl, snap and bite at the “stunned” local pair.

His attack quickly killed the demented fox but David claims he was left with no option as the ­manic animal kept attacking them.

David told the Irish Sun: “The fox came around the corner towards us and up the wheelchair ramp.

“I thought, ‘Wow this is a good one for Facebook, a fox in the middle of the town at the ATM’, and I was trying to get my phone out of my pocket.

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“But the next thing it went to the front door of the bank and just went straight for her. It started to bite her.

“She was screaming and the guy at the machine hadn’t a clue what was going on.

“He continued to bite her and she was shouting, ‘Get him off me, Get him off me’.

“I ran over and got between her and the fox and I stood down hard on the fox with my right leg. While I had him on the ground he was ­trying to swing around and bite me.

“And then with my other leg I had to stamp down on him and killed him. It all happened in a matter of seconds.”

3 The fox attacked Lenka while she was at an ATM Credit: patjmoore@gmail.com

Due to all the commotion, the ATM user in front of David initially thought he had attacked Lenka.

David, who has hunted for years, said: “The guy at the machine hadn’t a clue what was happening.

“With all the screaming he thought I was after taking into the wife.”

David told us Lenka is still getting over the terrifying attack.

3 David is hoping to see the CCTV footage of the fox attack Credit: patjmoore@gmail.com

He said: “The wife is quite ­traumatised and I’m quite shocked because it is not normal animal behaviour. If a fox sees you he ­usually runs but this fox continued to try and bite her.”

And David believes the entire ­incident was captured by Bank of Ireland’s CCTV cameras.

He said: “I know it’s unbelievable, that’s why I’m glad there will be footage because it proves it 100 per cent. It’s shocking.

“I am used to animals in the wild I have been hunting for years and what happened has left me totally baffled and shocked.

“I cant make any sense of it. If someone was to tell me the story I’d say they were away with the fairies.”