Press conference on the Sunshine Coast cut short after a senior detective tackled a runaway man who allegedly made inappropriate comments to a teenage girl. /Twitter/@JordanKoster9/9NEWS
A police press conference on the Sunshine Coast was cut short after a senior detective tackled a man who was running away in the background.
Criminal Investigation Branch officer in charge detective Senior Sergeant Daren Edwards was giving a press conference outside Maroochydore Police Station, next door to the courthouse,when his interview was interrupted by a man sprinting towards him, with another man closely chasing after him.
Edwards, who is a former rugby league player, tackled the man, who had allegedly made inappropriate comments to a teenage girl and was being chased by her angry father.
A Queensland Police spokesperson told news.com.au a 39-year-old man had been charged with unlawful stalking and committing public nuisance.
News.com.au understands the man is a Hungarian national and is known to police.
In footage captured by Seven and Nine, the father can be heard telling him to "run" and shouting "Coppers are coming!"
A police press conference on the Sunshine Coast was cut short after a senior detective tackled a man who was running away in the background. Photo / Channel 7
The man who gets tackled responds "I did nothing!", and later says "I just came out from the court … nothing happened …" as a team of officers hold him down and handcuff him.
The man starts screaming, shouting "Help me!" and "It's hurting me!" as police put him in handcuffs.