The following story has only just come to light and when you read why, you will understand.

Earlier this month, a disturbed young woman who was visiting London Zoo, along with a group from a local care home was seen to jump over a fence and run towards the Lion's enclosure.

Before anyone could stop her, she thrust one arm through the wire mesh covering the bars and reached out towards a young but large lion cub who promptly brought its teeth down on the proffered arm and proceeded to savage it.

The entire event was filmed by a BBC camera crew who were filming at the nearby "Childrens Area" and they also recorded how a young man, with no concern for his own safety aided the young woman by rushing over and punching the young lion on the nose.   

The lion refused to let the ripped arm go until the young man managed to grasp the animals upper and lower jaws and force them apart enabling a park warden to drag the wounded woman away.

Afterwards, the BBC interviewed the young man, who asked not to be identified as he was a serving off duty soldier who was also a member of the BNP, said; "Any man would have done the same".

The BBC, although it did not show the film footage did report the story the next day with the following headlines.