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| TV wedding guest ‘critical’
after attack |
Victim of savage beating feared
to be brain damaged
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Happy couple Lisa Murphy and Nicky Corroll with GMTV presenter
Keith Chegwin
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A DREAM wedding paid for with a £10,000 TV prize win ended
in horror on Saturday night when a guest at the reception was beaten
so badly he is feared to have suffered brain damage.
Play-worker Lisa Murphy, 22, and childhood sweetheart Nicky Corroll,
25, of Castle Road in Kentish Town, had planned their wedding since
March, when they scooped the cash prize from GMTV presenter and
former children’s TV star Keith Chegwin.
Chegwin was filming with a GMTV crew among the happy guests at the
wedding at St Dominic’s Church in Southampton Road, Gospel
Oak, in the afternoon.
But later that night at the reception at Shillibeers pub, off Caledonian
Road in Islington – also under stood to have been filmed by
a GMTV crew led by presenter Jono Coleman – a 45-year-old family
member was almost beaten to death. The man was found in the toilets
at the pub, which had been privately hired for the reception. He
was taken to hospital where he remains in a critical condition.
Police have asked GMTV to provide tapes from the wedding and reception.
A police spokesman said: “His injuries are so substantial that
doctors are concerned that he has sustained permanent brain damage.
Despite the fact that the wedding was very well attended, no witnesses
have come forward to explain how the man sustained such injuries
and police are appealing for them to do so.
“The bride and groom are upset at what has happened, on a day
that was, until this incident, a very happy occasion.
Acting Detective Chief Inspector Lorraine Dillon added: “This
appears to be a nasty and motiveless attack on a man who was a guest
at the wedding of a relative.
“We are disappointed at the lack of witnesses who have come
forward, as there were several hundred guests at the wedding.
“We believe it’s likely they did not appreciate the severity
of the injuries but the reality is that this man is likely to have
a permanent disability if he survives.
“I believe someone knows who has done this.” The families
declined to comment. The couple were in Portugal on their honeymoon
this week. |
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