Attack victim Brennan Clemance, whose dream holiday in Corfu turned into a nightmare, arrived home last night.

Brennan arrived at his Surrey Road home, Blackburn, after his ordeal at the Greek resort, where he endured five hours of surgery after the vicious assault.

And today a British man suspected of slashing the teenager across the head, face, throat and chest with a broken bottle was to be quizzed by British police.

Brennan, a plastics moulding worker, said he could only remember parts of the attack outside a nightclub in the early hours of Saturday morning in Kavos, Corfu, and only came to in the hospital.

He said: "I remember they cut my top off and I looked down and just saw my chest gaping open. They put me under anaesthetic really quickly after that, but later the doctor told me that my throat was much more serious."

Brennan said he had no feeling in his cheek, but his throat and head were still very painful. He hopes British surgeons will be able to repair some of the damage.

Mother Linda Clemance said: "When I saw him at Manchester Airport, I just tried not to show how I felt. It was shattering. He's lost more than a stone in weight and the stitching looks like something from the olden days.

"When he got home, he took off the strips of bandage in the bathroom and saw what it was like for the first time. He was really happy to be home but he came down with a bump."

Linda said she was furious that her son had been sent home without medical records or painkillers for a lengthy flight, changing planes twice. She said: "We don't know what they've been pumping into him or whether he's had X-rays or how much blood he's been given. He called me from Zurich airport and he was in agony. I told my daughter Donna, who had flown to his bedside, to buy him some paracetamol. At least it was better than nothing."

Linda said she had been overjoyed when she heard that the man suspected of injuring her son had been arrested, but wants other men, who she believes encouraged the attack, to be brought to justice as well.

An investigation by Greek police, who have spent the week questioning witnesses in the resort, has led to the name of a British man believed to be behind the assault.

It is believed he flew back to Britain earlier this week where he will be questioned by police. He could now face extradition to Greece or trial in this country.

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