Schoolboy loses memory of GCSES after beach brawl

♦ A schoolboy beaten up in a mass beach brawl may not go to university because the assault left him with no memory of his GCSES, his mother has said.

Connor Wigham, 16, was in Margate, Kent, when the 50-person brawl broke out.

His mother, Claire Wigham, said: “A group of kids, who were clearly looking for trouble, were going round aggravating anyone they could. About five of them started beating up one of my son’s friends and as he tried to pull them off, they started on him.”

Connor was left with a swollen cheek, a possible cracked cheekbone, bruises and grazes on his head. His lip also needed stitches.

His mother said his memory was affected the day after the May 27 attack.

Mrs Wigham, from Iwade, said: “When he woke up... he couldn’t walk or talk and didn’t know who I was.”

She said Connor, a pupil at Westlands School, does not remember the last six months or any of the exams he has just taken.

“He wants to go to sixth form and really wants to be an engineer, but he said to me, ‘I don’t remember anything about engineering’.”