A dad-of-four is in a coma after being stabbed in a popular resort in Portugal while on a stag do. Joel Collins, from Wales, was allegedly attacked in the coastal city of Albufeira in the southern Algarve region while walking home on July 4 after getting separated from his friends on a night out.
The 35-year-old was then rushed into hospital in Faro by a member of the public who came across him unconscious in the street with four deep wounds in his abdomen. Joel had suffered lacerations to his pancreas, lungs, intestines and stomach and is in intensive care after multiple separate operations, his devastated family told Wales Online.
Heidi Collins, his sister, said Joel had limited memory of what had happened to him three weeks ago, but nurses said it looked like Joel had been mugged, as he arrived at the hospital without his phone or any ID. His last memory was of getting separated from his group and getting his phone out to use Google maps to find a route back to his hotel.
