A barman, set upon and beaten in an Albufeira street, has been allowed to die in hospital as his injuries were so severe, Doctors said he was brain dead and had close to zero chance of regaining consciousness.
On Friday, Paulo di Santo’s family authorised that his life support systems were turned off.
The 35-year-old had been declared brain dead when he was admitted to Faro hospital on Sunday, September 3rd.
The police have witnesses to the brutal and, ultimately, fatal attack by four youths in their 20s who set upon Santos after he had left work in the early evening.
Paulo Santos was attacked in the Rua Infante Dom Henrique at around 6pm after he had stopped for a snack at a fast food stand. He was left lying unconscious in the street with serious head injuries and, as doctors later found, two broken vertebrae.
This savage attack does nothing to improve the image of Albufeira which strives to be a ‘family friendly’ resort but is better known alcohol-fuelled conflict, consequent police action and gang violence.
This Saturday night, a pitched battle took place between English and French tourists, leaving one woman with a deep gash across her face.
Four people were injured, one of them very serious with a deep cut in his head and two fingers severed with a knife. He was flown to a Lisbon hospital for urgent treatment and firemen were asked to return to the scene on Sunday morning to collect the second finger which had been left lying in the street.
The fight occurred between the Areias de São João and Montechoro bar area at around 05:30.
