I was travelling up to Edinburgh on Wednesday, stayed in Edinburgh on Thursday and travelled back from Edinburgh on Friday. That’s a nine hour train ride both ways. I have loads of photos and things to say about my little trip – AND I have some other things to talk about – but first, I have something else to say.
Anyone remember my entry on my brother getting beaten up and stomped on, which I wrote around two years ago?
Well, I got back to Plymouth on Friday and was around Myke’s to have my dinner. I sent a text to my mum, letting her know that I was back in Plymouth and all safe and stuff and that I was around Myke’s house. I got a text back, saying “Your brother’s going hospital, he’s been attacked!”.
I rang her immediately. She said that he got attacked less than half an hour away from our house, his friends brought him back home, he’s spitting blood up everywhere and it looked like he was going to lose some teeth.
A while later, she rings me back and tells me that actually, his jaw has been broken in two places, he’s going to have to stay in for a couple of nights and he will need surgery and metal plates to hold the pieces of his jaw together.
I am absolutely livid. The attacker is part of one of the local gangs the police are supposedly “dealing with”. Well done, police; you’re doing a marvellous job!
Anyway, my brother’s doing well now. He’s still in the hospital but should be released at some point today. He’s on a lot of painkillers and will need to return to the hospital for checkups but he’ll be fine. 
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That’s such terrible news, I really hope he gets better soon. *hugs*
Oh God! I really hope he gets better soon.
That stinks! I -hate- bullies, that they be emotional manipulators or violent. I was brought up to be street-wise after growing up in Grimsby, then the inner city in the north of France. But when I go back to the UK, I’m even more careful. I’m English myself so I’m not being racist here, but British youth can be such hooligans. :C
I do have a question though. What did the attacker want from him? Why lash out like that? I mean it takes some serious strength to break a jaw in several places. Strength, or anger, or nuttiness.
:O I hope he gets better soon, Li Li! Violence sucks – always.
-hugs-
I am so sorry to hear about your brother getting hurt. It is amazing how ruthless people can be and they just do not think about anything they are doing. I am happy to hear he will be okay my best wishes to him. Hopefully the police will get it together and get those monsters off the streets.
Hi nice blog that’s a long trip 9 hours of a trip is tiring also i am sorry for your brother that is scary to hear i hope he will be okay how do you think that happened? Can he talk?