A young Scots man was left lying in the sea unconscious after being badly beaten and hit with a brick in a horror gang attack on the first day of his holiday.
Lewis Thomson was in Croatia with four of his pals when they were savagely attacked and chased by a group of around 20 men on the beach in the early hours of Friday morning.
Lewis, from Grangemouth, became separated from his mates in the Split area while they tried to outrun the vicious thugs but he took the brunt of the attack when he was caught.