A man was forced to flee Gran Canaria after his ex-girlfriend attacked him on the first night of their holiday, a court has heard. Alisha Lloyd, 18, pleaded guilty to one count of assault occasioning actual bodily harm following the incident at the Beverly Park Hotel in July 2025.
Liverpool Crown Court heard that Lloyd and Calum Wignall had booked a 10-day break to the Spanish island while still in a relationship, but had split up around two weeks before travelling. On the evening of 12 July, the couple went out for drinks, but just before midnight Lloyd began chatting to another man and exchanged Instagram details.
Mr Wignall confronted her, accusing her of 'acting like a fool', and grabbed her arm to escort her back to the hotel. In response, Lloyd punched him repeatedly to the head and face, leaving him with a black eye. When he tried to calm her down with a hug, she bit him on the chest, tearing part of his t-shirt with her teeth.
The attack continued at the hotel, where Lloyd falsely accused Mr Wignall of being the aggressor, leading security to eject him. He was later allowed back in after explaining the situation, but Lloyd then ran at him in a corridor, struck him, and grabbed his phone while he was speaking to his mother, damaging it.
Mr Wignall packed his bags and took a taxi to the airport, flying home early. In a statement read to the court, he said he was 'scared of what Alisha was going to do to him' and felt he 'had to flee the island to get away from her'.
Recorder Mark Ainsworth sentenced Lloyd to an 18-month community order with a rehabilitation activity requirement of up to 20 days, a 12-month mental health treatment requirement, an alcohol abstinence monitoring requirement of 120 days, and a two-year restraining order. The judge noted that Lloyd had a 'difficult background' and had left her university course due to the proceedings.
