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A BRITISH tourist is fighting for his life in hospital after suffering an “unprovoked” attack on a Spanish holiday hotspot.
Retired carpenter Marshall Latham is in a coma as doctors warn he might never walk or talk again.
Marshall Latham was hospitalised following an ‘unprovoked’ attack in Spain[/caption]
Marshall, 68, was assaulted in Fuerteventura while on holiday with his partner Lynn.
The 68-year-old, from Nantwich in Cheshire, is reportedly suffering from a traumatic brain injury and is unlikely to recover from his life-changing injuries.
His family has been left distraught after doctors said “he will never walk or talk again”.
Marshall’s friends the 68-year-old was punched as he was walking back to his apartment following drinks with pals.
They added that he then became unconscious after his head fell and his the ground.
After being transferred to a hospital in Gran Canaria he has had part of his skull removed, a tracheotomy, a drain on his brain to help ease pressure and suffered pneumonia twice.
Another British man, said to have been held as he tried to board a flight to Glasgow, has been arrested over the incident.
Witness reports state that the attack was unprovoked and there was no prior altercation between the two, per Canarian Weekly.
Marshall’s brother-in-law Jim Casey said: “He was walking back to his apartment after a couple of drinks with his friends and was punched out of the blue by someone he did not know.
“This punch resulted in Marsh falling and hitting his head hard on the concrete floor. Marsh was knocked unconscious and an ambulance was called.
“Marsh went to the hospital in Puerto del Rosario and this is where he was intubated, ventilated and underwent a CT scan which showed he had two skull fractures and a bleed on his brain, a very serious injury that required immediate surgical intervention.”
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