Watch: Man leaps over US courtroom bench to attack judge

Security footage shows a man charging at a judge in a Nevada courtroom.

According to a statement, Judge Mary Kay Holthus “experienced some injuries” after she fell back from her seat.

A court marshal who came to her aid was taken to hospital for treatment.

The defendant, Deobra Delone Redden, was being sentenced in a felony battery case. New charges have been laid against him.