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Video footage has caught the moment a bouncer at a nightclub allegedly assaults a man who touched his car.

It has been alleged that the incident took place after the man smeared his greasy fingers over the doorman's car.

Police confirmed that they have launched an investigation into the incident which took place in the centre of Liverpool on 4 February, reports the Liverpool Echo.

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The first of two short sections of video show the alleged victim lying on the pavement in Slater Street.

The next, which the woman who filmed it said was taken shortly afterwards, shows the same man pinned to the bonnet of a car by a bearded bouncer who appears to threaten him while a fellow doorman tries to intervene, apparently to restrain his colleague.

The angry bouncer then aims a blow at the victim’s head before batting down the woman filming the scene’s hand, putting an end to the recording.

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The owner of the video asked for the video to be used without sound, but a female passer-by can be heard saying “all because he wiped his hand on his car.”

The woman, who asked not to be identified, said: “We saw the victim just before this happened, clearly drunk and unable to stand properly.

“The doorman’s response to assaulting him was ‘he rubbed his dirty mayo fingers all over my car.’ This was after he assaulted the man and then tried to knock my phone out of my hand.

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It is claimed the doorman works at Diablos bar in Slater Street. The ECHO was able to contact the bar through Facebook, where a representative said they did not wish to comment - though they claimed they had been asked for CCTV by police in relation to what they said was an investigation in to “vandalism” of a car parked near the bar.

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The woman added: “The doorman who was with the man in question was trying to defuse the situation, telling his friend to stop it and to go back onto his door.

“We tried to stand up for a drunken defenceless man only to be the subject of abuse ourselves.”

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Police confirmed they were investigating after reports of an assault in the city centre at around 2am on Sunday.

A spokesperson for the force said the alleged victim, a 19-year-old man, claimed he was assaulted in Slater Street, resulting in soreness to his face and neck.

Enquiries are ongoing to establish the circumstances and identify those responsible.

Inspector Phil McManus said: “We are currently carrying out witness and CCTV enquiries into this incident and I would encourage anyone with photographs or footage to come forward and assist our investigation.”