A BRITISH tourist is fighting for his life in hospital after suffering an “unprovoked” attack on a Spanish holiday hotspot.

Retired carpenter Marshall Latham is in a coma as doctors warn he might never walk or talk again.

Marshall, 68, was assaulted in Fuerteventura while on holiday with his partner Lynn.

The 68-year-old, from Nantwich in Cheshire, is reportedly suffering from a traumatic brain injury and is unlikely to recover from his life-changing injuries.

His family has been left distraught after doctors said “he will never walk or talk again”.

Marshall’s friends the 68-year-old was punched as he was walking back to his apartment following drinks with pals.

They added that he then became unconscious after his head fell and his the ground.

After being transferred to a hospital in Gran Canaria he has had part of his skull removed, a tracheotomy, a drain on his brain to help ease pressure and suffered pneumonia twice.

Another British man, said to have been held as he tried to board a flight to Glasgow, has been arrested over the incident.

Witness reports state that the attack was unprovoked and there was no prior altercation between the two, per Canarian Weekly.

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