Circus stunt sees man knocked out by clown in Blackwood

A man was knocked unconscious by a clown in a circus stunt which went wrong.

Ben Garnham, 37, was left motionless on the floor after a clown landed on his head and said he was lucky not to have been paralysed.

He suffered a cut head, swollen face and a headache and was taken to hospital after the accident at Circus Zyair's show in Blackwood, Caerphilly county, on Monday.

The circus has been asked to comment.