Shocking moment man is tasered by police as paramedics try to save his best friend’s life after he fell from a balcony
- Man was tasered by police as paramedics tried to save his best friend's life
- Noah Fellows fell three storeys after he tried to climb up a building into his unit
- His friend Jeffrey Andrew Willis was emotional and distressed by the incident
- Police told him to calm down and tasered him just moments after his friend fell
This is the shocking moment a man was tasered by police as paramedics desperately tried to save his best friend who fatally fell three storeys from a balcony.
Noah Fellows locked himself out of his Broadbeach unit on the Gold Coast and attempted to scale the building and enter through his balcony in December.
However, as he was climbing the side of the Anne Avenue building, Mr Fellows fell three storeys and sustained serious injuries.
Noah Fellows (pictured) locked himself out of his Broadbeach unit on the Gold Coast and attempted to scale the building and enter through his balcony in December
The young father never recovered from his injuries and died in May when he had his life support turned off, the Gold Coast Bulletin reported.
Shocking footage from Sergeant Matthew Ward's body camera was played before the court that shows Mr Fellows' distressed best friend Jeffrey Andrew Willis.
Willis pleaded guilty in Southport Magistrates Court on Friday to hindering an ambulance officer and public nuisance.
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Paramedics were attempting to save Mr Fellows' life as Willis is seen standing next to his friend's stretcher.
Sergeant Ward can be heard asking the paramedics if they wanted Willis 'out', before he turned around and said: 'You want me out. I'll f**king crack you.'
The video then shows police following Willis before pulling a taser on him.
Police can be heard telling Willis that the paramedics were trying to save his friends life, as other friends attempt to calm him down.
Shocking footage from Sergeant Matthew Ward's body camera was played before the court that shows Mr Fellows' distressed best friend Jeffrey Andrew Willis (pictured)
Willis pleaded guilty in Southport Magistrates Court on Friday to hindering an ambulance officer and public nuisance
He continues to act erratically and calls police 'maggots' before swearing loudly at them.
Willis' friends walk him away from the paramedics as police tell him he is under arrest before tasering him, causing him to fall to the ground.
Magistrate Kay Philipson said she understood Willis was in a 'heightened emotional state' but saw the situation 'deteriorate' when police arrived.
'I consider that the whole matter was handled very poorly by police,' she told the court.
Sergeant Lewis Butterfield withdrew the obstrucing police charge against Willis after Magistrate Philipson expressed he was clearly emotional and under stress.
The charges were dropped against Willis and Magistrate Philipson did not punish him for hindering the paramedic and being a public nuisance.
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