By Emily Moorhouse, Open Justice reporter of
File photo. Photo: RNZ / Nate McKinnon
A woman is “counting her blessings” her little brother awoke from a coma with enough recall to recognise his family after he underwent emergency brain surgery and was given a “bleak” prognosis following a vicious assault outside a bar.
“When I can’t be with him, I call him each day,” Wynton King’s sister wrote on a Givealittle page created to support his recovery.
“I count my blessings he remembers who I am and the bond we share.”
King was left “fighting for his life” in an induced coma after he was assaulted amid a brawl outside a Christchurch bar that involved up to 20 people in the early hours of October 23.
Today, an 18-year-old appeared in Christchurch District Court, where he admitted to the attack on King.
On the night of the assault, the offender, who has interim name suppression, was at the Rockpool Bar.
He was heavily intoxicated after earlier polishing off a bottle of Malibu Rum, the summary of facts stated.
A Rockpool spokesperson confirmed that the teen and his friends had not purchased any alcohol while they were at the bar.
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- This story was originally published on the NZ Herald website.