The rise of YouTube has gone hand-in-hand with the rise of pranksters. Whether it's small things such as simply tickling people in public or couples doing prank wars on one another, people can't get enough of pranksters and their videos. However, sometimes, these things can go too far - and this story is just one of a million examples of a prank gone wrong.

There are several times YouTube pranks go wrong, such as when a prankster decided to throw water in the faces of members of the public, or when one woman decided to shoot her boyfriend with a gun, hoping that the bullet would become lodged in an encyclopedia that he had resting on his chest. Sadly for them, that prank had fatal consequences with the man dying shortly after the gunshot went through. Now, however, we have a prank that went wrong in a different way.

A Spanish prankster who decided to kung-fu kick a woman from behind for the sake a viral video has ended up having to pay over $73,000 in compensation after the incident was reported to the police and ended up going to court.

Mario Garcia Montealegre was filmed on his YouTube channel approaching the innocent victim in The Diagonal Mar area of Barcelona as she was stood at the side of the road with her unsuspecting friend.

Montealegre, 24, can be seen counting down with his fingers before he decides to run and kick the woman in the back of the leg. Such was the force of the kick, the 48-year-old woman ends up twisting awkwardly and collapsing to the ground in pain.

The woman can be heard shrieking in agony before she looks back at the giggling vlogger and shouts: "a**hole!"

After the incident, which took place in February 2015, Catalan police's Mossos d'Esquadra released footage of the video alongside a message, which read: "Help us to catch this person who thinks it is okay to attack innocent people."

After the video went viral on social media, with him receiving a lot of scorn for his actions, Montealegre decided to turn himself into the police station.

Now, however, he has agreed to pay the unnamed woman €60,000 in compensation for the assault. Despite the fact that prosecutors had originally requested a total of €45,000 in damages, the defendant wanted to pay more in order to demonstrate his willingness to make amends for his actions.

It's believed that following the prank, the woman in question ended up suffering from a sprained ankle, as well as suffering from minor injuries to her left knee and wrist and cervical pain. On top of this, she also had to take 75 days sick leave in order to get over her injuries and the ordeal itself.

It's a pretty cowardly and callous act from Montealegre, who rightly had to pay up for his actions. Still, whatever way you look at it, €60,000 is a hefty price to pay for a prank that you played on a Saturday night out.

The rise of YouTube has gone hand-in-hand with the rise of pranksters. Whether it's small things such as simply tickling people in public or couples doing prank wars on one another, people can't get enough of pranksters and their videos. However, sometimes, these things can go too far - and this story is just one of a million examples of a prank gone wrong.

There are several times YouTube pranks go wrong, such as when a prankster decided to throw water in the faces of members of the public, or when one woman decided to shoot her boyfriend with a gun, hoping that the bullet would become lodged in an encyclopedia that he had resting on his chest. Sadly for them, that prank had fatal consequences with the man dying shortly after the gunshot went through. Now, however, we have a prank that went wrong in a different way.

A Spanish prankster who decided to kung-fu kick a woman from behind for the sake a viral video has ended up having to pay over $73,000 in compensation after the incident was reported to the police and ended up going to court.

Mario Garcia Montealegre was filmed on his YouTube channel approaching the innocent victim in The Diagonal Mar area of Barcelona as she was stood at the side of the road with her unsuspecting friend.

Montealegre, 24, can be seen counting down with his fingers before he decides to run and kick the woman in the back of the leg. Such was the force of the kick, the 48-year-old woman ends up twisting awkwardly and collapsing to the ground in pain.

The woman can be heard shrieking in agony before she looks back at the giggling vlogger and shouts: "a**hole!"

After the incident, which took place in February 2015, Catalan police's Mossos d'Esquadra released footage of the video alongside a message, which read: "Help us to catch this person who thinks it is okay to attack innocent people."

After the video went viral on social media, with him receiving a lot of scorn for his actions, Montealegre decided to turn himself into the police station.

Now, however, he has agreed to pay the unnamed woman €60,000 in compensation for the assault. Despite the fact that prosecutors had originally requested a total of €45,000 in damages, the defendant wanted to pay more in order to demonstrate his willingness to make amends for his actions.

It's believed that following the prank, the woman in question ended up suffering from a sprained ankle, as well as suffering from minor injuries to her left knee and wrist and cervical pain. On top of this, she also had to take 75 days sick leave in order to get over her injuries and the ordeal itself.

It's a pretty cowardly and callous act from Montealegre, who rightly had to pay up for his actions. Still, whatever way you look at it, €60,000 is a hefty price to pay for a prank that you played on a Saturday night out.