Holidaymakers have told how their summer trips abroad had been made hell by the collapse of travel firm Goldtrail.

Two flights carrying passengers, who were stranded abroad when the company went bust on Friday, flew into East Midlands Airport last night.

Goldtrail's collapse left 14,000 tourists stuck abroad and countless more out of pocket.

Wayne Rogers, 40, and his girlfriend Michelle Herbert, both from Broughton Astley, had planned a relaxing getaway in the Turkish resort of Altinkum.

Instead they had two weeks of hell where they were threatened with a knife and almost thrown out of their hotel to sleep on the streets.

Mr Rogers, who had accommodation and flights with Goldtrail, said: "When the news came out they'd gone bust the Turkish just turned on us and the atmosphere was awful.

"We complained about the food and they chased us out the restaurant trying to stab us saying that us Brits never pay for anything.

"At the hotel we were told they could fill the place full of Turkish people who would pay and since they weren't going to get money from us Brits that we had to pay up or get out.

"Even though we had already paid Goldtrail we had to pay £500 up front leaving us with nothing – we couldn't even have dinner last night."

The Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) arranged for the repatriation of Goldtrail customers on two flights last night from Dalaman and Bodrum in Turkey. Hiren Karia, 18, from Belgrave had been on a trip with seven friends from Gateway College, Leicester, celebrating the end of term.

But their celebrations turned sour when hotel staff got violent at the check out desk.

Mr Karia said: "They were angry that Goldtrail had not paid them and told us we had to pay for the repair of things in the room we hadn't broken, just to get our money.

"When we refused the man behind the counter started punching me – soon there were six of them beating me up."

Mr Karia and his friends were arrested and taken to a police station where they were stripped of their passports.

He said: "They told us if we wanted to press charges we couldn't have our passports back – what choice did we have?"

Goldtrail customers should not lose out financially from the company's downfall.

They were protected by the Air Travel Organiser's Licensing scheme.