Family of dad 'missing third of skull' after Benidorm 'attack' issue update

The family of a man missing 'a third of his skull' after being knocked unconscious outside a Benidorm nightclub have issued an update.

Andrew Frazer fell into a coma after he suffered a severe head injury outside the club in the popular holiday destination earlier this month.

The St Helens father-of-two had flown to Benidorm on November 13 to celebrate his brother Ian's birthday. However, by 1am on November 14, less than 24 hours after landing, Andrew was found unconscious in the street and rushed to hospital with a head injury.

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We reported earlier how a fundraiser set up to fund Andrew's journey back to the UK raised tens of thousands of pounds in a matter of days - as he didn't have travel insurance - but he faced a gruelling 27-hour journey home in a private ambulance, supported by his fiancee Carrie, because doctors deemed him unfit to fly.

But now the 43-year-old is back on Merseyside, reports the Liverpool Echo.

His sister-in-law Claire said on Saturday: "The NHS has been fantastic. Since he's been back he's had everything done. When I saw him yesterday he was talking, not in big sentences, and was confused. He said he doesn't remember anything about Spain. He doesn't remember being in the hospital there."

She said he is in Whiston Hospital and will be visited once every two weeks by a neurosurgeon from the Walton Centre. Claire said the family has been told it's too dangerous to move him again at the moment. She continued: "He's not got his personality back, but you can see him rolling his eyes at things.

"He told Carrie that he wanted to go home but doesn't remember where home is. She has been at the hospital with him. She