New hope for dad in hotel fall
A father of six critically injured in a fall from a hotel balcony in Tunisia opened his eye and raised his thumb when he heard his sister's voice yesterday.
Karl Nethercot, 33, formerly of Leicester, had been in an induced coma for a week after the incident in the resort of Port El Kantaoui.
His mother and father, John and dawn, of West End, Leicester, and sister Mandi Dann, of Newfoundpool flew out to be at his bedside yesterday.
Mandi's partner, Stewart Smith, 36, said: "They went straight to the hospital. When Mandi said his name, he opened his eye and put his right thumb up. She asked if he knew it was her and he started nodding.
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"We're ecstatic because it's the first positive sign. You can't put it into words what it feels like. Mandi said it was like all her Christmases had come at once – the signs are looking positive."
"We also know the police are no longer investigating and people are resting a bit easier knowing it was an accident."
Karl's parents have remortgaged their home to pay an expected £22,000 air ambulance bill to bring him home after Mr Nethercot's insurance company said his actions had invalidated his cover.
Comments
by LikeItaLot
Saturday, October 13 2012, 12:40AM
“I do not know better, I am challenging the assumptions you make, and you do again. "Must have", you are just guessing. Insurance companies will withhold payment on the slightest whiff. He may or may not, we do not know. Stop making guesses into hard facts till the real facts are known.
Agree with your last comment of course.”
by MrBud
Friday, October 12 2012, 10:55PM
“The insurance company must have done some research for them to say that he was drunk that's why they not payin up!!!
But I guess you no better.
Anyway the main thing is that he recovers.”
by LikeItaLot
Friday, October 12 2012, 9:42PM
“You are wrong MrBud. There is no proven fact that he was drunk, just the insurance saying alcohol was involved. At least I think that is what you are suggesting, a little difficult to decypher your grammar”
by MrBud
Friday, October 12 2012, 7:09PM
“Wagga01
We're u with him that u no to???
Iam going on the facts he had few too many that's why the insurance company got invalid!!
It's not stupid comments! It's common sense.
Thank you.”
by LikeItaLot
Friday, October 12 2012, 6:55PM
“Yes, more facts need to be known before judgments made on the acal role drink played as a cause here.
On the insurance, I read it was free on opening a bank account. So that is one to watch as a sweetner.”
by wagga01
Friday, October 12 2012, 6:16PM
“mrbud does any of the storys about this say he was drunk NO THEY SAY HE HAD A DRINK this does not mean he was drunk so maybe you shoild learn a lesson by not assumeing something untill you know the facts of the case i hope he gets better and gets home soon and i also hope you think before you leave stupid comments”
by MrBud
Thursday, October 11 2012, 8:01PM
“Hopes he makes a full recovery.
But being a father of 6 and getting drunk!!!,every 1 likes a drink but there is no need to b reckless, hope him and his family has learnt a lesson.”
by Neil0123
Thursday, October 11 2012, 7:15PM
“So he takes out insurance. The insurance company were very happy to take the premium. Then he needs help. The insurance company are not at all willing to help. Who are these cowboys, then the rest of us can avoid wasting money knowing they don't give a damn once they have got the premium in their bank.”