A man has been fined £58 for beating up a thug who was attacking an 88-year-old grandmother.
The attacker had pinned frail Klara Melamed to the ground and broken her bones before have-a-go hero Leonid Shchepel rushed to help.
Leonid had now been told he must pay 5,000 Russian rubles (£58) for booting her attacker in the face.
According to local media, Mrs Melamed suffered broken ribs and teeth during the attack in her hometown of Klintsy in the western Russian region of Bryansk Oblast.
The incident was filmed by Shchepel on his smartphone and uploaded to social media.
The unscrupulous attacker reported Shchepel to the police because of the beating he took and the hero has now been handed a fine.
Shchepel said: “I do not regret what I did. Klara’s life and health are more important than the money.”
In the footage, Shchepel is seen hurrying along a footpath as a woman’s screams can be heard in the background.
He quickly approaches a grassed area where a young man has the 88-year-old victim pinned to the ground as he pulls her hair and roughs her up.
Shchepel does not hesitate and while filming himself in the act, he kicks the attacker in the head, sending him reeling and freeing the elderly victim.
Still holding his phone in his hand to record the scenes, the have-a-go hero shouts at the young man and continues to kick him in the head.
He says: “Come on, fight with me, b***h! Fight with me!”
The humbled attacker remains on all-fours and does not attempt to fight back.
He continues to take several hard blows to the face before Shchepel turns to the dishevelled old lady,
who is covered in mud and looks scared out of her wits.
The brave resident helps the granny to her feet and accompanies the woman across the road to her home.
He turns back to the attacker, who is seen covering his head on all-fours on the ground.
According to reports, Shchepel called an ambulance for the distressed old lady.
She suffered two broken ribs, head trauma, a dislocated arm, numerous bruises and she lost several
teeth.
Shchepel, who lives in the same block of flats, said: “I was on my balcony when I saw a man beating a screaming woman. I took my camera and went to see what was going on.”
According to a police statement, the alleged attacker was drunk and went to the wrong front door in the block of flats. When he knocked on the door and the old lady answered he thought she was an intruder and began attacking her.
The 32-year-old suspected attacker has been placed in custody for two months while the investigation is ongoing.
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