A dad who choked a boy accusing of bullying his teenage stepdaughter has claims he lunged at the boy after he smiled at him.
Footage of Mark Bladen, 53, went viral last month when he was filmed assaulting the boy at a skate park in Brisbane, Australia.
Speaking about the incident to Australian TV show 60 minutes , Bladen says he initially wanted to give the teen boy a "good old fashioned talking to".
The girl said the boy called her "gorilla" and "King Kong" as well as giving her shaving cream as part of a relentless bullying campaign.
Mark Bladen was filmed assaulting the boy at a skate park in Brisbane (Image: Nine)
Footage of the incident went viral (Image: Nine)
When Bladen, a firefighter, spoke to the boy he flew into a rage during their confrontation.
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