<p>A 37-year-old man in Wales was knocked unconscious by a circus clown in a stunt gone wrong.<br /><br />Ben Garnham, from Caerphilly county in Wales, was taken to hospital after a backflip attempt by Benji the clown misfired.<br /><br />Adam Ingham, a director of Circus Zyair, said they will never perform that part of the act again. He also apologised.<br /><br />Garnham met the clown in Carmarthen on Friday night after being given free tickets to the show.<br /><br />The self-employed DJ told BBC Wales: "I'm glad I could meet Ben last night - I gave him a big hug just to reassure him, I don't have any animosity towards him and I've made a really good friend.<br /><br />"I never expected the video to get so big, I'm glad it did from the point of view of getting the safety message over - if it saved someone from being paralysed somewhere else in the future it can only be a good thing."<br /><br />The circus was also criticised for the way the clown and other circus staff carried Garnham backstage, the report said.<br /><br />Ingham said it was an "unfortunate accident and it shouldn't have happened".<br /><br />He said the circus always had at least two qualified first-aiders on hand and he "completely understood" the criticism of how Garnham was removed from the ring.<br /><br />Ingham said it was "obviously a panicked response from somebody who didn't know what they were doing".<br /><br />"We are all devastated. We would never wish this on anybody and we are very grateful that he is OK."<br /><br />The clown has been doing the back flip stunt for more than 10 years without any accidents, Ingham added.<br /><br />The circus has reviewed its procedures and training and stopped audience participation, the report said.</p>.<p>/</p>.<p>/ </p>
<p>A 37-year-old man in Wales was knocked unconscious by a circus clown in a stunt gone wrong.<br /><br />Ben Garnham, from Caerphilly county in Wales, was taken to hospital after a backflip attempt by Benji the clown misfired.<br /><br />Adam Ingham, a director of Circus Zyair, said they will never perform that part of the act again. He also apologised.<br /><br />Garnham met the clown in Carmarthen on Friday night after being given free tickets to the show.<br /><br />The self-employed DJ told BBC Wales: "I'm glad I could meet Ben last night - I gave him a big hug just to reassure him, I don't have any animosity towards him and I've made a really good friend.<br /><br />"I never expected the video to get so big, I'm glad it did from the point of view of getting the safety message over - if it saved someone from being paralysed somewhere else in the future it can only be a good thing."<br /><br />The circus was also criticised for the way the clown and other circus staff carried Garnham backstage, the report said.<br /><br />Ingham said it was an "unfortunate accident and it shouldn't have happened".<br /><br />He said the circus always had at least two qualified first-aiders on hand and he "completely understood" the criticism of how Garnham was removed from the ring.<br /><br />Ingham said it was "obviously a panicked response from somebody who didn't know what they were doing".<br /><br />"We are all devastated. We would never wish this on anybody and we are very grateful that he is OK."<br /><br />The clown has been doing the back flip stunt for more than 10 years without any accidents, Ingham added.<br /><br />The circus has reviewed its procedures and training and stopped audience participation, the report said.</p>.<p>/</p>.<p>/ </p>