The heartbreaking moment dad, 23, met his baby girl before he died

This is the heartbreaking moment a dad met his baby daughter in hospital for the first time - shortly before his tragic death aged 23. George Fenlon was left in a coma after being severely injured in an attack whilst on a night out in Blackpool.

His partner Beth Turner, also 23, was heavily pregnant at the time. She gave birth to their daughter - named Clara Georgia after her dad - just two weeks before his death.

While he never regained consciousness, he was able to meet his daughter in hospital before the decision was taken to switch off his life support machine. The touching moment was captured by George's devastated mum, Melissa.

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"Looking back now, I'm not sure how we all got through it, the range of emotions we had to go through was horrendous," she said. "Beth wanted Clara to meet George and have a little bit of time with him so she had a C-section and she had a couple of weeks in hospital with him where she saw him every day.

"It was important that she did that because we've got memories, we've got pictures. The hospital did a lot, we've also got little prints of Clara's and George's hands together."

Police were called at around 2am on August 15 last year to a report of an assault at The Strand in Blackpool. They found George, a bartender at Revolution Bar, had suffered serious head injuries.

He was rushed to Royal Preston Hospital and put on a life support machine but tragically died in hospital on November 22. An inquest opening heard George collapsed and lost consciousness. A post-mortem found his cause of death was complications of blunt head trauma.

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