A BAR worker suffered a gunshot wound to the leg while serving punters in a beer tent.

The 24-year-old man was working in the tent at the Orsett Show Ground in Rectory Road when the drama unfolded.

A bullet pierced through the canvas tent and the clothing of one lucky customer, before tearing through the man’s leg in front of horrified onlookers at around 8pm on Friday.

It is thought the shooting may have been an accident.