Binman loses job after kicking head off 3-year-old boy's snowman - VIDEO

A BINMAN has lost his job after he kicked the head off a snowman built by a three-year-old.

Sophie Taylor caught the man on CCTV as he destroyed her son Joseph's impressive snowman, saying his actions were "shocking".

The little lad was left in floods of tears after watching the worker boot the head off his 7ft-tall creation with a Bruce Lee-style kick.

When snow covered the county on Sunday (January 24), the snowman was built in Hampton Rise, Tupsley in Hereford. 

Mum Sophie Taylor, 25, said Joseph likes to wave at the binmen every week, and then "he goes and does that in front of his face".

He was watching the binmen collect the rubbish from his home but cried out when he saw it attacked.

Herefordshire Council has said the binman will not be working for its contractor again after the video went viral.

The incident on Tuesday (January 26), captured on CCTV shows the binman first kicking the snowman's head off. He then kicked it five more times, before walking off.

He has since refused to apologise - branding the boy's parents "snowflakes".

The binman has since taken to social media to defend himself and bizarrely compared the row to the coronavirus pandemic.

In a rambling Facebook post, he wrote: "Yes I kicked the snowman. No it doesn't have feelings.

"Yes the people who made it (kids) have young feelings. Let's look at the bigger problem in this wold Covid-19 people have feelings about this.

"People are dropping dead by a virus. Think of it like this, that snowman wouldn't be there tomorrow, any feelings then?...no.

"I understand people made this snowman but it's gonna melt anyhow.

"I don’t understand why this has came to this."

When asked on Facebook if he would say people who were criticising him were "snowflakes" he replied: "Yes I do totally, out of this world."

The snowman before he was kicked by the binman

The binman, an agency workers, walks off after the incident

Herefordshire Council said:“We are aware of this incident and are disappointed that an individual representing the council would behave in such a manner.

"The employee was a member of agency staff working on behalf of one of the council’s contractors, and he has been informed that he will not be used again.

"Information has also been circulated to all agency employees outlining the professional standards they are expected to uphold when representing a Herefordshire Council contractor.”

Miss Taylor added neighbours' children helped to build the snowman, while maintaining strict social distancing.