Leeds teenager left with “half his head missing” after Gatecrasher brawl

Oct 23 2009 by Katie Grant, Huddersfield Daily Examiner

Channy said his whole family had suffered following the attack on his brother, a former pub doorman.

He said: “I hope they and their families go through what we’ve been through.

“My family has been through hell and back.

“But now the tables have turned and they have been convicted.

“Nothing is ever going to compensate for what happened to Gurmick.

“But we are happy with a little piece of justice and people knowing who these disgusting people are.

“Collectively they were together in this – they could have killed somebody.

“A fight is a fight, but kicking someone in the head and then stamping on their head is totally different.

“I hope they rot in jail.”

Gurmick’s father, Manjit Singh Gosal, a former president of Leeds Road Sikh Temple in Bradford, is well-known and respected among the Sikh Community across West Yorkshire.

Channy, 33, said many friends and family were around Gurmick’s bedside to offer support after the incident on October 4 last year.

He said: “My mother and father were soul-destroyed because at the time they didn’t know whether he was going to live or die.

“The doctors told us to expect the worst when he was sedated in intensive care.

“No mother or father should have to go through this. It just shows what an evil world we live in.

“We were really angry at first. But when we look at it now we’re just happy that Gurmick is alive.”

Gurmick is still attending regular consultations with specialists to help heal his skull and rehabilitate him.

Channy said: “I’m just glad he’s a strong lad and he has pulled through.

“If it was anybody else they might not have survived.”