Dundee man mugged for £10 on way home from pub
A father of three has spoken about his ordeal, after he was left bleeding with a broken ankle when he was mugged on the way home from his local pub.
- By David Clegg
- Published in the Courier : 04.05.10
- Published online : 04.05.10 @ 11.23am
Martin Gillespie (49) was coming back from The Dolphin in Fintry on Saturday morning when he was injured in the attack, just yards from his Mill o' Mains home.
As Mr Gillespie was walking from Hebrides Drive into Foula Terrace at around 12.30am, the culprit knocked him unconscious with a blow to the head and stole his wallet.
Mr Gillespie, who works as a carpet salesman at Gillies of Broughty Ferry, was only discharged from hospital on Sunday, as the attack left him with a broken ankle and a "nasty" bump to the back of his head.
Speaking from his home in Barra Terrace, he said he only had a vague memory of the incident.
"They must have jumped me from behind," he said. "Because the first thing I remember is waking up covered in blood and with a big bump on the back of my head.
"I don't think I can have been knocked out for that long because I pieced it together from the time I left the pub and the time I woke up. But I must have been pretty disorientated — probably from the blow to the head — because I walked back the way I had come before heading home.
"It is worrying because I've been walking that route for nine or 10 years and I have never had any bother before."
Mr Gillespie said though there was only about £10 in the wallet, he also lost personal items including pictures of his family. "It wasn't a lot of money and I was able to cancel the bank cards today so that hasn't been a problem," he said. "But it's the other stuff that they have taken as well that is annoying."
Mr Gillespie's wife, Valerie, and children Rebecca (15), Hannah (8) and Cameron (3) have also been left distressed by the attack.
"It was terrible," said Mrs Gillespie. "He was covered in blood and obviously very upset that he had been jumped. At first, I was just concerned about his head injury and it wasn't until he got up in the morning that we realised how bad the ankle was."
Mr Gillespie added, "I went up to Ninewells on Saturday morning and I was taken in straight away. The ankle was broken and I needed an operation to put two pins into it. It will be a number of weeks before I am back to normal."
A police spokeswoman said inquiries into the incident were ongoing. Those with information can call police on 0300 111 222.
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