Curtains pulled

A BRITISH tradesman fears it will be years before he can walk again after his legs were crushed by a drink driver in Spain, causing one to be amputated below the knee.

Gary Doggett, 55, was working in Torrevieja on the Costa Blanca with his son and another employee when a Spanish driver ploughed into him from behind, pinning him against the back of his van.

Gary was rushed to hospi-

Expat drink drive victim forced to close business after leg amputated

tal where he endured eight hours of surgery, however neither he nor his family members were warned that his right leg was being amputated.

The father-of-two has been forced to close his glass curtains business, telling the Olive Press today that he believes it will be up to two years before he will be

‘back on my feet’.

He said: ‘It’s terrible really, my job is very physical and I was always busy doing something, like

AFTERMATH: car that crushed Gary

By Laurence Dollimore

pottering in the garden or walking the dogs, he’s really f····ed me up, is one way of putting it.’

The much-loved businessman, originally from Brecon, in Wales, said it was a shock to his wife to see him with one leg, after she had simply been told he had ‘made it out of surgery alive’.

He added: ‘I woke up and saw one leg was missing, but to be honest I just thought ‘at least it’s only one of them’.’

The life-changing injuries have left Gary, who moved to Spain 16 years ago, with no option but to close his glass curtain business, leaving him and his own son out of work.

His daughter Chloe has started a GoFundMe page to help out with rehabili- tation costs, which has received more than €30,000 so far.

She said: “My one year old twins are learning to walk, and it breaks my heart that my strong, amazing dad has to one day learn to walk all over again.

“But I know with his unbelievable inner strength and determination, he will one day walk me down the aisle on my wedding day.”

A FRENCH tourist performed oral sex on a complete stranger without his knowledge as he laid asleep on a sunbed following a drunken night out in Magaluf.

The holidaymaker, 37, approached the tourist, 21, also French and allegedly pulled down his compatriot’s trousers and began performing unsolicited oral sex.

He was only caught because a group of nearby Danish men began recording the moment on a mobile phone, assuming that the two men knew each other. However when the attacker saw the group he fled the scene in a panic, raising suspicions.

The Danes woke the victim and showed him the video, which he immediately took to the Guardia Civil, who managed to identify and track down the suspect.

Education deal

A NEW agreement between Spain and the UK allowing students to access universities and other higher education institutions in both countries has come into force.

Following the UK’s withdrawal from the European Union, the accord enables students with UK qualifications (including A-levels and equivalent) to access universities in Spain without the requirement of additional entrance exams. Entry exams will only be required for certain competitive courses, as was the case prior to Brexit.

Students from the Spanish education system are able to continue to access UK universities and other higher education institutions with additional legal certainty.