Police release photos of father of the bride attacked in Manchester
Police have released photos of the father of a bride who's been unconsious since he was attacked in Manchester City Centre.
Police have released photos of the father of a bride who's been unconsious since he was attacked in Manchester City Centre.
Gary - who's 58-years-old - was punched whilst on his son-in-law to-be's stag do in the early hours of Saturday (10th February 2018).
It's just four weeks until his daughter, Amie, gets married and he's fighting for his life.
She said:
“This doesn’t feel real. My dad is the funniest and hardest working man you could ever meet and we are struggling to come to terms with what happened as things like this just don’t happen.
“I haven’t even been able to think about our wedding but I just hope he will still be there to walk me down the aisle and it can still go ahead.
“Our priority is him getting better but I would ask anybody with information about what happened to please contact police.
“Put yourselves in our position. Imagine what you would want if this happened to your loved one, please don’t protect somebody that could do this and hurt my dad.
Detective Inspector Mark Davis from GMP’s City of Manchester team, said: “This should have been a celebratory night out ahead of one of the biggest moments of his life, walking his daughter down the aisle at her wedding, but instead Gary is in hospital in a critical condition.
“His family have been left distraught by the attack and we are doing all we can to support them and establish the exact circumstances of what happened.
“I would like to continue to appeal for anybody with information to come forward and help our investigation.
“This was a large brawl in the city centre at a time when a lot of people would be leaving bars and clubs.
“It might be that you witnessed something but didn’t think to contact police at the time. If so, please get in touch with us as soon as possible."
An investigation's underway and police are asking witnesses or anyone else with information to get in touch with them.
A 25-year-old man and a 32-year-old woman have been arrested and released under investigation.