‘Shark wrestler’ who saved children on beach sacked from charity role

A man who was hailed a hero after grappling with a shark in Australia has been sacked by his employers after it emerged he was out on sick leave with stress.

Briton Paul Marshallsea, 62, waded in and grabbed the 1.8m shark by the tail amid fears it would attack paddling children.

The charity worker, from Merthyr Tydfil, in South Wales, claims he risked his life at the beach outside Brisbane in January, when he was hailed a hero.