The couple had split before flying out to Gran Canaria together [National story]
09:06, 16 Apr 2026Updated 09:14, 16 Apr 2026
Alisha Lloyd tore part of the victim’s T‑shirt off with her teeth (Image: Facebook)
A British holidaymaker was forced to abandon a trip to Gran Canaria after his ex‑girlfriend launched a violent attack on him within hours of their arrival.
Eighteen‑year‑old Alisha Lloyd turned on her former partner during a night of drinking on the Spanish island, biting him and landing punches on him after he took issue with her chatting to another man. The pair had split a fortnight before the trip but had decided to go ahead with the holiday.
Lloyd tore part of his T‑shirt off with her teeth in the frenzied attack before falsely claiming to hotel security that she was the victim, resulting in him being removed from their accommodation, reports The Echo.
The former couple had booked a 10-day stay in Gran Canaria(Image: Getty)
Fearing for his safety, he packed his bags and fled the island the next morning, Liverpool Crown Court heard. Lloyd, of Byron Close in Huyton, Merseyside, had been in a relationship with Calum Wignall between February and June of last year, the court was told on Wednesday (April 15). They had booked a 10-day holiday to Gran Canaria before their break-up.
When touching down on the island on July 12, last year, the pair booked into the Beverly Park Hotel before going out for drinks at around 7pm, Matthew Dixon, prosecuting, explained. A few hours later, just before midnight, Lloyd began speaking to another man and gave him details of her Instagram account.
Mr Wignall accused the woman of “acting like a fool”, before grabbing her arm and walking her back to the hotel, causing her to drop her phone. Lloyd responded by punching him in the back of the head and then hitting him again in the face once he had turned around.
After collecting her phone, she continued the attack, punching with the hand holding the device, leaving the ex-boyfriend with a black eye. Mr Wignall reportedly told Lloyd to “calm down” before she bit him to the chest, ripping his t-shirt.
Passers-by intervened, leading to Lloyd leaving the area, but Mr Wignall followed her down the street. The 18-year-old punched him once again as he approached her. A renewed assault happened after the former partners returned to their hotel, causing hotel security to step in.
Alisha Lloyd tore part of the victim’s T‑shirt off with her teeth (Image: Facebook)
Mr Wignall was then ejected from the premises after she accused him of attacking her, although he was ultimately allowed access again when he “managed to explain what had happened”.
Having packed his suitcase to leave, Lloyd was reported to have run towards him down a corridor and punched him while he was speaking to his mum on the phone, which she took hold of and threw away, causing it to be damaged.
A taxi took Mr Wignall to the airport and boarded a flight home, saying in a statement, read to the court on his behalf, that he was “scared of what Alicia was going to do to him” and left “feeling scared for his safety and like he had to flee the island to get away from her”.
Charles Lander, defending, told the court that Lloyd, who has no previous convictions, had a “difficult background”, adding, “Sadly, because of these proceedings, she decided to leave her university course. We are hopeful she may go back to it.
“It is hopeful that her mental health will be improved. I do not minimise the seriousness of this incident on the complainant. If it has to be a period of detention, I will ask the court to consider the imposition guidelines.”
The incident took place on the former couple’s first evening on the island(Image: Getty Images/iStockphoto)
Lloyd admitted one count of assault occasioning actual bodily harm. Supported in the public gallery by her nan, she was handed 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.
“Whilst you were together, you booked to go on holiday, the two of you, to Gran Canaria in the summer of last year. In fact, by the time July came along, you had split up as a couple. You had paid for that holiday. You both decided to go away together,” said Recorder Mark Ainsworth, sentencing.
“In Gran Canaria, your relationship became strained and you resorted to violence. It was on the first night that you got there that you went out for a drink. By almost midnight, it is plain that quite a bit had been had to drink between the two of you.
“You fell out because you were talking to another man. He took hold of you by your arm and walked you in the direction of the hotel. He said that you were acting like a fool and you were drunk. He was worried for you. He did not want to leave you alone on your own in the bars, because your phone had died.
“You responded by resorting to violence. You continued to punch him to the face while holding the mobile phone in your hand. That is probably what caused the black eye to Calum. He tried to stop you by hugging you so that you could not punch him again. At that point, you started to bite him.
“The matter became so upsetting for him that he packed his bags and left. At one point, security in the hotel had to become involved. Any incident where people are so drunk that they resort to violence is a serious matter, especially when it occurs in a domestic context like this. So it is that you find yourself in the dock of crown court at the age of just 18, being sentenced for this very unpleasant incident.
“You have expressed remorse for what happened that night. This was plainly a very upsetting situation for him. Any situation where someone feels compelled to get in taxi and fly home must have been a very serious situation.
“It seems to me that any thought of a sentence of detention, of any format, is unnecessary in this case. I can properly deal with this case by way of a community order. If, for the next 18 months, you remain out of trouble, you can put this matter behind you and move on. That is what everyone wants to see.”
