Single punch causes massive brain injury
The Sydney Morning Herald
Paul Dibby
March 5,2015
An Irish tourist who was nearly killed when his brother allegedly felled him with a single punch in Kings Cross has called for the prosecution to be dropped, declaring that he loves his brother and just wants "to go home".
In a moving show of support, Patrick Lyttle came to the Downing Centre Local Court on Thursday, a beanie hiding any sign of the head injury allegedly inflicted when his brother Barry punched him in the head in the early hours of January 3.
"I'm very well at the moment thanks, very well," Patrick Lyttle said as he walked beside his brother from the court, flanked by their parents.
Patrick Lyttle arrives in court on Thursday to support his brother Barry, who nearly killed him with a single punch causing catastrophic brain damage in Kings Cross a few months ago.
"We're just hoping that in a couple of weeks' time this can all get a whole lot better and we can all go home as a family."
When asked whether he continued to support his brother, Patrick: replied "Of course, why wouldn't I be, he's my brother".
He said he wanted the prosecution of his brother to be dropped.
Patrick Lyttle outside St Vincent’s Hospital with his brother Patrick, father Oliver and sister Karen McHugh in February. Photo: Facebook
"It should not be, we love each other to bits."
Barry, 33, allegedly punched his 31-year-old brother in the head following a minor disagreement about 3am as they stood beside Bayswater Road, sending Patrick falling backwards where he hit his head on the footpath.
He underwent surgery and was placed on life support at St Vincent's Hospital.
He spent a week in a coma before making a sudden improvement in mid-January, much to the delight of his brother, father and four sisters.
Barry Lyttle's defence told the court on Thursday that Patrick would not experience any lasting effects from attack, a fact which they expected to be confirmed by a neurological report.
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