New appeal by injured fan's wife

Karen Turner pleaded with fans to find her husband's attacker

The wife of a fan attacked before a game in Southampton has spoken of the moment he regained consciousness.

Manchester Utd fan Jamie Turner, 45, of Telford, Shropshire, suffered head injuries in the fight involving 20 people in Clifford Street, on 15 May.

Describing the moment he woke up, his wife Karen Turner, said: "He grabbed my hand and pulled me towards him. Quite clearly he said to me, 'kiss me'."

She is now appealing for help to find the person who attacked her husband.

You wouldn't let a dog suffer the way Jamie's suffered Karen Turner

Mrs Turner said her husband, who fell into a coma following the assault more than three weeks ago, could now get out of bed and hold short conversations.

But she told a news conference that it could be up to two years before doctors knew the full extent of the brain injury.

She said no one had yet spoken to her husband about the attack which occurred when a large number of people started fighting outside the Gladstone Club.

"We haven't approached it. The doctors advised us to go very slowly and we have to take advice before we really talk to him about what happened," she said.

Jamie Turner's condition has slowly improved

"We are still looking for witnesses and we still want more evidence because everybody wants the person who did this caught.

"You wouldn't let a dog suffer the way Jamie's suffered, you'd put it down.

"And he's gone through all that when he was just walking along the road on the way to a football match.

"He didn't do anything to deserve it. Help him now by helping us by finding the person who did it and prove that they did it."

Mr Turner was transferred from the Wessex Neurological Unit at Southampton General Hospital to the Princess Royal Hospital in Telford where he is currently being treated.