A MAN left for dead after a sickening street attack has told how he has no memory of the assault.

Carl Johnson, whose parents live in Marsden, suffered a fractured skull and bleeding on the brain when he was set upon in Rochdale town centre earlier this month.

He’s now told of his fears that as his attackers are still walking free and he could ‘bump into them and not even know it’.

The 25-year-old, who had only moved to the town a few months earlier, spent five days in hospital after the unprovoked attack, which took place in early hours of Sunday, August 13, following the Rochdale Feel Good Festival.

Rochdale attack victim Carl Johnson, recovers in Marsden, West Yorkshire.

Carl, a warehouse operative in Rochdale, said he went to meet friends from work to watch Razorlight headline the free concert.

But when was unable to contact them he went to the pub before getting some food and making his way home.

Police believe he was attacked by three men and a woman as he walked along Drake Street.

They knocked Carl to the floor before punching and kicking him as he lay defenceless on the ground.

The attackers are then said to have fled in the direction of Manchester Road.

Carl, who also broke a finger, suffered a suspected fractured jaw and has lost the hearing in his left ear following the attack, was found badly injured by paramedics at 1.50am and taken to Royal Oldham Hospital, before being moved to a specialist brain injury unit at Salford Royal Hospital.

He said: “I couldn’t get hold of the guys from the work so went for a drink in Wetherspoons, then I think I went for another drink in a different pub and that is the last thing I remember.

“The next thing I knew I was in hospital on Sunday morning.”

Rochdale attack victim Carl Johnson, recovers in Marsden, West Yorkshire.

Carl’s brother Mark had previously told the Manchester Evening News he believed the assault was a homophobic attack.

But Greater Manchester Police has since said they are not treating it as a hate crime and Carl, who is now recovering at his parents’ home in Marsden, says he has no idea why he was targeted.

Carl added: “Police say it was unprovoked, but I am not sure how or why I was attacked.

“I am not the sort to have feuds or arguments with anyone – it must just have been a random thing.

“I had some glitter on my face, but I do not know if it was a homophobic attack.

“You would have to ask the people who did it, why they did it.

“I just hope the police catch whoever did it. I It makes me nervous to think they are still walking the streets. I could bump into them and I wouldn’t even know it.”

Relatives are now raising funds for the Salford Royal brain injury unit and to help Carl while he’s off work.

An open mic night is being held at Austerlands Cricket Club in Oldham on Friday, September 8.

Funds from the events will be spilt between Carl and the hospital.