'We were going to get married, have kids and live a long, happy life together - but it was all taken with one punch'
12.05.2023 - 13:09
/ manchestereveningnews.co.uk
A woman who thought she was going to live a 'long, happy life' with her partner had her world turned upside down when he was allegedly killed with one punch the night before her sister's wedding. Kaitlyn Booth, 22, has spoken of her grief following the death of her boyfriend Jack Jermy-Doyle, who suffered irreversible brain damage and was pronounced dead two days after the alleged attack in August last year.
Kaitlyn woke up early on August 12 to get ready for her sister's wedding, but discovered that her phone was full of notifications. The previous night, she had listened to a voicemail left by her partner during the fateful night, in which he told her how much he loved her.
After getting hold of Jack's sister she found out the devastating news that her boyfriend was on a ventilator fighting for his life. Legal assistant Jack, 25, was rushed to hospital by ambulance after the alleged attack in Preston but sadly died two days later, the Mirror reports.
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“I woke up at about 5:30am on August 12th to start getting ready for my sister's big day and I had lots of notifications saying something had happened to Jack," Kaitlyn said. “The signal was terrible but I finally managed to get a hold of his sister, Leanne, who told me that doctors were saying Jack had irreversible brain damage."
Kaitlyn, a dental nurse from Burnley, Lancashire, said her dad drove her to Preston hospital where they received devastating news about Jack's condition. "The nurse came over and explained the extent of the damage and told us that there was absolutely no way Jack would survive this and it would only be a matter of time before his heart stopped beating," she said.
“I just