Seaside victim in surgery ordeal
A SHEFFIELD grandfather was undergoing surgery last night – more than a week after he was attacked by three youths while on holiday in Skegness.
Billy Elliott, aged 54, from St Aidan’s Road, Norfolk Park, had taken his three grandchildren to the seaside town for a week’s holiday.
But their trip came to an abrupt end when the thugs attacked him last Thursday morning because he didn’t have a cigarette to give them.
Mr Elliott, a former welder, had gone out from Summerlands Caravan Park, where he was staying with his family, to buy a newspaper.
He was walking along the seafront, near the Butlin’s holiday complex, when he was approached.
When he told the youths he didn’t smoke, one of them jumped on his back. He was forced to the floor, where they repeatedly kicked him in the head.
He was left with a broken jaw, nose and cheeks, two black eyes and some missing teeth. He was taken to Skegness Hospital and then Boston’s Pilgrim Hospital, before being transferred to Sheffield’s Royal Hallamshire.
Last night, he was in the operating theatre undergoing surgery to reconstruct his face.
Daughter Kerry Heeley, 30, said: “Ever since I was a little girl, dad would go out and get the morning paper. But you don’t expect to get beaten up just walking to the shops.
“It’s heart-breaking. How could they do that to him?
“He had to stop work four years ago because he had a stroke. He can’t feel anything down his left side – how could teenagers beat up someone like that?
“Dad told me he just lay there. He couldn’t do anything at all.”
Police are looking for three white youths who are about 18 years old. No arrests have yet been made.
Thats sick what is the world coming too we were in skeggy in july and saw a man being assaulted by 3yobs 2lads an 1girl its not safe anywhere my thoughts are with the man and his family i hope they get the scum that did it and that they are not put off coming back to skeggy
Thats sick my thoughts are with mr elliot and his family what is the world coming too we were in skeggy in july and saw a old man get attacked my 3yobs 2lads an a girl its a sad fact that it seems to be the norm now days and no where is safe i hope they catch the scum and that they have not been put off coming back to skeggy
That is sick my thoughts are with the family and mr elliot what is the world coming too when this is considere the norm we were in skeggy in july and witnessed an old man being assaulted my a group of 3yobs 2lads and 1girl all with cans of beer in hand is no where safe now days i hope they catch the scum and that its not put the family off coming back to skeggy