An engineer checking on council camera equipment was pulled from his ladder by a man who mistakenly thought he was ripping down a Union Jack flag.

The engineer manages to cling on to the telegraph pole after the ladder is ripped out from under him by a man shouting ‘get down’.

He slides down the pole and confronts the attacker who angrily points up at the flag still drooping above their heads.

Salford City Council told Metro that a council sub-contractor who was working on camera equipment was subject to ‘violent behaviour’ and ‘verbal abuse’ in the town of Walkden last Friday (September 19).

Citisense, his employer, also condemned the attack and said it was working with Greater Manchester Police after one its engineers was hauled to the ground.

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