A BRIT vacationer was left in a coma with a blood clot the scale of a tennis ball after reportedly being the sufferer of a vicious assault at a nightclub in Magaluf.
Joshua Pesticcio, 24, from Cardiff, director of a structural metal fabrication firm, was allegedly set upon by the bouncer at a nightclub on the Spanish island of Majorca.
He wanted emergency surgical procedure following the alleged assault and suffered a damaged cheekbone, nostril, and jaw in addition to a bleed on his mind.
The Brit additionally spent two to 3 days in an induced coma following the assault.
He has since returned house however says he nonetheless suffers from reminiscence points on account of the alleged assault.
Joshua’s father Steven, additionally from Cardiff, claims the surprising assault got here after his son’s good friend spilt a drink in Tiger Tiger nightclub on the Magaluf Strip.
Steven travelled with 5 buddies and their sons – all of their early 20s – to the Brit vacation hotspot for a weekend away in late June
He instructed The Solar On-line what occurred subsequent.
“On the primary night time, a few the lads had been messing round, giving the others a piggyback within the nightclub,” he stated.
Steven admits the group was messing round however says his son wasn’t considered one of them and was attacked when he tried to behave as a peacemaker.
“My son’s gone over to calm it down and he is hit him from the facet with a knuckle duster.”
Joshua instructed The Solar On-line: “One of many boys within the group had spilt a drink within the nook and the bouncers had been being heavy-handed and excessive.
“Being one of many older guys within the group I’ve seen this occur and gone over to attempt to calm the state of affairs down earlier than it escalated into one thing it didn’t have to.
“The opposite guys within the group stated that I’ve headed in the direction of the exit with one of many bouncers. In response to the blokes within the group, round 20 minutes had handed and I used to be nowhere to be seen.”
When Joshua’s buddies went exterior to search for him, they discovered him face down on the street with blood pouring on his head.
One of many group ran over to choose him up whereas one other went inside to get assist.
When the remainder of the group got here out, Joshua says they had been met by a gaggle of bouncers “sporting knuckle dusters”.
“The bouncer began attacking everybody else, then the native police turned up and began hitting all people,” Steven added.
Any individual has to place out a warning that it [Magaluf] is not protected for British vacationers
Steven Pesticcio
“One in every of my son’s mates needed to lie throughout him to cease the police from ending him off.”
Joshua stated the police used batons and pepper spray to assault the group.
It took two hours to get an ambulance to the realm, by which level Joshua’s situation had worsened.
The dad was asleep on the lodge on the time when one of many lads Joshua was with got here to inform him that Joshua was in hospital.
Steven arrived simply as Joshua was being wheeled out of surgical procedure.
“They carried out emergency surgical procedure on my son, they stated he had a clot the scale of a tennis ball,” Steven stated.
“He sustained a damaged cheekbone, a damaged nostril, and a damaged jaw.”
Joshua added that each of his eyes had been “bruised and full of blood” following the assault.
Steven has hit out on the actions not solely of the nightclub bouncer, but in addition of police in Magaluf.
“I went to police that very same day to report an tried homicide,” he stated. “The police gave me against the law quantity. However that night time, I went to Tiger Tiger and that thug bouncer continues to be on the door.”
Steven had footage of the bouncer taken on the night time and says this was the identical man.
“I went into the police station two days later, and so they instructed me to get out,” he stated. “One of many officers chased after me and threatened me.”
Steven claims the cop warned him to not “make hassle” for him and his “mates”.
Fortunately, Joshua was launched from hospital every week later and was given the all-clear to go house.
“He is okay, he is recovered, however he is nonetheless affected by short-term reminiscence issues,” Steven stated.
And he believes his son’s horrifying expertise in Magaluf was removed from a one-off.
Simply weeks after Joshua was attacked, one other Brit was allegedly crushed up by bouncers in Magaluf.
Toby White-Sansom, 35, tragically died 5 days after the brutal reported assault which additionally came about on the Magaluf Strip.
His brother Maximilian White claimed Toby was “violently assaulted by bouncers” on the well-known Boomerang nightclub on the night time of Monday, July 25.
“Any individual has to place out a warning that it’s not protected for British vacationers,” Steven added. “They complain about drunk Brits, however they need us to spend our cash.
“As soon as we have spent it, they beat us up and throw us out.”
The Solar On-line has approached Tiger Tiger in Magaluf and the Guardia Civil in Majorca for remark.