Fan punched to ground by security guard after storming pitch to cover World Cup trophy with a hat

Pitch invasion: 'Jimmy Jump' bursts on to the grass and attempts to throw a hat over the World Cup trophy

Lightning reaction: A security guard runs on to the pitch to stop Jaume Marquet Cot

Security alert: Jump is punched to the ground by a security guard

A serial pitch invader was punched to the ground by a security guard as he stormed the Soccer City ground and threw a hat over the solid gold World Cup trophy before last night's final.

Notorious Barcelona fan Jaume Marquet Cot - known as 'Jimmy Jump' - fell to the floor after being knocked out with one hit as he ran across the grass to the ceremonial stand 10 metres from the team dug-outs.


Game over: Marquet Cot is held on the ground by security officials

Shock: Officials and football fans look astonished as Marquet Cot lies on the floor.Floored: The pitch invader falls to the ground after being hit by a security guard

Facing jail: Jump is carried from the Soccer City grounds and is charged by police

The joker, who is in his mid-30s, sprinted across the turf wearing a black T-shirt with writing that said 'Jimmy Jump against racism' while holding his trademark red Catalan hat.
After being punched to the ground, he was carried down the tunnel by seven stewards, past astonished players and officials who were lining up ready to take to the field.

As a result of the pre-match stunt, the famous World Cup trophy was kept under lock and key during Spain's 1-0 defeat of the Netherlands in Johannesburg.
Marquet Cot, from Sabadell, Catalonia, has previously pulled off security breaches at high-profile events including the Spanish Grand Prix, the Eurovision Song Contest and top European football matches.

A police spokesman said: 'The man is Jaume Marquet Cot, who has done this sort of thing before.
We're pretty annoyed that antics like this got in the way of the start of the match, but at least it wasn't a life-threatening situation.

'The bottom line is he has shown serious disrespect for the authorities and for the tournament. For that he will pay.'

Embassy Guards in Kabul Are Fired over photos of lewd and drunken brawls , deviant hazing ,humiliation of subordinates and others

3 men identified as Embassay guard seen here drunk .

Hillary Clinton is said to be genuinely offended at reports of misconduct by private guards at a US embassy.

The State Department has demanded the replacement of the entire management team of its security contractor at the U.S. Embassy in Afghanistan and requested the removal of all personnel involved in a scandal in which private guards allegedly engaged in lewd behavior and drunken brawls, officials said Friday.

In perhaps its most unseemly allegation, the group reported that guard supervisors at the embassy engaged in "near-weekly deviant hazing and humiliation of subordinates" at the Kabul camp where they were housed. The report was accompanied by graphic photos and videos, including one showing a guard drinking vodka that had been poured over another man's naked backside. About 30 guards and supervisors were involved in the improper activities, the group said.

Ian Kelly, a State Department spokesman, said 120 guards had been interviewed so far as part of investigations into the allegations.

"We did ask the ArmorGroup to remove all personnel involved in these disgusting events that you've seen in the photos," Kelly said.

The contractor, McLean-based ArmorGroup North America, has so far terminated the contracts of eight of the guards and two others have resigned, according to a statement from the embassy in Kabul. The men left Afghanistan on Friday, the statement said.

Marthena Cowart, the director of communications at the Project on Government Oversight, praised the move and said the guards had also lost their U.S. government security clearances.

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