A 19-stone professional rugby player who tackled a Christmas party attacker to the ground as he made a citizen's arrest has been cleared of assault.Former Leeds Carnegie forward Nathan Hannay used his playing skills to bring down and detain a man who had just punched his friend in the face in a street brawl.He was cleared of assaulting victim Dean Goddard after telling Exeter Crown Court he was stopping Mr Goddard from escaping and planned to hold him until the police arrived on the scene.Six...
