The mum of a Welsh dad-of-four who is in an induced coma after being stabbed in Portugal while on a stag do has said he has had six operations. She has also pleaded with others in his position to "not wander off".
Sue Bridges gave a tearful television interview with the BBC on Monday evening as her son Joel Collins remains in hospital in Faro having had his sixth operation as news is awaited on his latest surgery. The 35-year-old, from Troedyrhiw, was allegedly stabbed without provocation while walking home on July 4 after getting separated from his friends on a night out at the popular resort.
He was taken to hospital in Faro by a member of the public who came across him unconscious in the street with four deep wounds in his abdomen. Mr Collins had suffered lacerations to his pancreas, lungs, intestines and stomach and is in intensive care after multiple separate operations. You can read more about that by clicking here.
