He described Mr Reynolds trying to chuck me over his shoulder - with the momentum so great his feet nearly came off the floor and went on tiptoe .
Mr Cator-Durrant told the inquest he received his Security Industry Authority badge 10 years earlier in 2007 and had previous experience restraining people at pubs and clubs and once before at Pontins.
Paul Gladwell, also known as Paul Reynolds, was detained by security staff at Pontins Pakefield near Lowestoft on February 14, 2017
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He said during the incident on Valentine s Day 2017 he and Mr Reynolds were kind of taken.fell to the floor , adding that the method of restraint was not planned .
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Paul Gladwell, a Colchester dad-of-three, died at Pontins in Pakefield, near Lowestoft, on Valentine s Day 2017
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A member of staff at Pontins said he thought a threatening guest was faking being asleep, shortly before he became ill in police custody and subsequently died.
Paul Reynolds, also known as Paul Gladwell, died two days after being detained by security staff at Pontins in Pakefield on Valentine’s Day 2017 and later arrested by Suffolk police after an altercation with another family staying at the holiday park.
The second day of his inquest, on Tuesday, April 20, heard evidence from David Foster, who said the 38-year-old began making snoring noises when police arrived at the scene.
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She said it “just escalated from there” and described security staff rushing over to Mr Reynolds and trying to “grab him”.
She described being removed from the venue herself and around 10 to 15 minutes later said she saw Mr Reynolds being carried to a police van outside.
Paul Gladwell, a father-of-three from Colchester, died at Pontins Pakefield in 2017
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“They were just holding him,” she said. “His head was flopping forwards.
“I shouted to them, why are they carrying him like that.
Ms Bennett said she was told he was asleep but that she did not believe this as he snores, sometimes loudly, when he is asleep.