A Halfords manager left with life-changing injuries after an attack by shoplifters has said that his little boy ‘can’t understand what’s happened to his dad’.
Marty Scott, 57, suffered a stroke shortly after he was kicked in the head during the attack in the store in Stockton.
Since the shocking incident, he has been unable to go back to work because of his injuries but said in an emotional interview on TV that he must get his life back.
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Appearing on Good Morning Britain with his wife Kim, Marty said life is ‘not good,’ adding that he experiences periods of ‘vacancy,’ doesn’t like to go out and stays close to family and people he knows and trusts.
Speaking on the show, he said: "I just feel like I’ve lost my way in the world and it’s difficult and it’s been like this for two years now and I can’t take it anymore.
"I need to move on and get some of my life back for me, for my family and for my little boy who can’t understand what’s happened to his dad.
"When the stroke happened, I had about six to seven months where I was uncommunicative.
"I struggled to make eye contact, wouldn’t go outside, would sit in the same place in the house and not move. It was just shut down."
His wife Kim revealed that after the attack Marty would just "stare into space" with no communication.
She said her husband used to be a very outgoing man, who would have multiple ‘projects’ going on and knew family members’ appointments and dates but then after the incident ‘the whole world changed’.
Police dropped the case against the attackers after claiming they could not identify them
Kim said they have had welfare meetings with Halfords and claims the first came six months after the incident.
A Halfords spokesperson told GMB: "Throughout Martin’s absence we have provided support including regular welfare meetings and counselling.
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"We also extended Martin’s company sickness and entitlement.
"When it was confirmed Martin was not returning to work we followed our correct processes.
"We believe we acted in a supportive and responsive way throughout the process and want everyone who works with us to feel safe and secure at work that’s why we ask colleagues to report shoplifting when they suspect it but never to confront shoplifters directly."
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