Irish traveller threatens to 'lay out' a Jimmy Carr fan in protests ahead of comedian's show

This is the moment an Irish traveller threatened to 'f***ing lay out' a Jimmy Carr gig attendee in heated protests over the comedian's Holocaust joke.

Video footage shows a protestor and lorry driver clashing ahead of Carr's comedy show in Cambridge last night.

Dressed in a red gilet, Irish traveller Martin Ward, 30, shouts "Don't get in my face, I'll f***ing lay you out".

A woman out of shot can be heard shouting "Freedom of speech means listening".

Ward responds: "Freedom of speech? F*** off you racist animal.

"Go on, Jimmy Carr, f*** off. Go on you racist people. You're racist people.

"Why don't you go and run a story about Jimmy Carr avoiding the taxman, why don't you do that, and talking about raping children."

Filming himself on his phone, Jamie Kidman, 37, remains silent throughout the exchange and can be seen rolling his eyes.

Speaking last night, the lorry driver from Cambridgeshire told a reporter: "The joke is just words. It's freedom of speech.