Daughter’s campaign to find ‘monster’ who left dad unable to speak or walk in unprovoked attack

A daughter has made a public plea on her TikTok platform to find attackers who left her dad unable to speak or walk in an unprovoked incident that took place in broad daylight, in Salford.

John Lowe, 58, was left with severe head injuries after being attacked in Clarendon Park on Tuesday February 14th. The father-of-three has since been left unable to speak or walk and only sometimes opens his eyes. Greater Manchester police are treating the incident as attempted murder. John’s daughter Lily, 35, has now issued an urgent appeal to the public for anyone with information to contact the police.

She has launched a campaign #Justice4John and has been distributing leaflets — along with her family and friends — around Salford on Sunday March 12th, in an effort to encourage potential witnesses to come forward to help identify the perpetrators. Speaking to ITV News, she said: “It’s devastating, every day I wake up and I cry, every night I cry, I’m trying to stay strong, but it’s heartbreaking.”

Her brother Dave added: “The person lay in that hospital bed today is not the dad that we know, not the John that everybody in the community knows and he never will be. We’re still prepared for some terrible outcome at the moment, he still has severe brain damage.”

Lily has also taken the campaign to her many followers on TikTok — where she is known on the platform as Lily Dee aka Council Estate Queen. In an emotional video clip she says: “My dad, John, was discovered unconscious in Clarendon Park in Salford after being badly beaten. This was around 10am – broad daylight.

“This brutal attack has left him with life-changing injuries and has altered our family forever. We were used to seeing our dad full of energy, the life and soul of the party. This attack has made him a shell of a person and all we can do his witness him deteriorate right in front of our eyes.

“He is lay in a hospital bed severely brain damaged. There is that much trauma to his brain. He can’t talk, he can’t walk, he can’t do anything, he is in a vegetative state. He will never be the same person again.”

Lily is hoping her social media presence will help police get the information they need to bring John’s attacker to justice. In the video she continues: “I beg you, anyone, that was on Clarendon Park, please be a hero and come forward.

“He didn’t deserve this. Please come forward with some information, identify the attacker, and bring peace and a bit of justice to our family. This monster is on the streets of Salford. He could do this to your son, your brother, your dad.”

Lily says that the incident has shocked the community in the Clarendon Park area, describing her father as ‘a big character’. A fundraiser has also been set up to help John’s family provide him the care he needs to deal with his life changing injuries as they navigate through this difficult ordeal.

On the Go Fund Me page, the family have written: “The attack has robbed a father of his existence. A loving, caring, gentle and generous man loved by all in his community. John would do anything for anyone and was always known for his big smile and cheeky demeanour.

“John has three children and a loving family all of whom are ruined by this attack and appeal to the communities John was a part of all of his life to help them bring some closure and peace to this horrific event that has changed the lives of all of Johns family forever.

“The attack has left John with life changing injuries and has destroyed his family. Nearing 60 years of age, John was a victim of a brutal attack leaving him severely brain damaged with very little quality of life which appears to have a fatal intention.

“We were used to seeing my dad full of life and energy, the life and soul of the party, but now the man left in that hospital bed is not my dad. The shell of a person left behind by this attack does not and will never resemble the John we all knew and loved, his life is over and we have to witness his slow painful demise right before our eyes.

“This could have happened to anyone, anyone’s dad, son or brother but it happened to us and we need your help to bring the person who shattered a whole family to justice.”

GMP arrested a 32-year-old man on March 2nd on suspicion of attempted murder, who has since been released on bail.

Anyone with information is asked to contact police on 101 or through the LiveChat function on www.gmp.police.uk quoting log number 1218 of 14/02/23.