By
Mark Duell
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The attacker who cut off a father’s penis could have targeted the wrong man, it was claimed today.
Father-of-seven Kelvin ‘Kelly’ Hewitt, 40, was found blood-soaked last Thursday beside the A66 near Middlesbrough, and was taken to hospital where he was put into a medically-induced coma.
The construction worker was reportedly attacked in a caravan where he was staying – but a friend said today that he was not a traveller and suggested the attacker ‘was looking for someone else’.
Attack: Kelvin ‘Kelly’ Hewitt (left and right) is the father-of-seven who had his penis cut off near Middlesbrough
Scene: He was reportedly attacked in a caravan where he was staying (not necessarily connected to picture)
The friend, who has not been named,
told the Daily Mirror: ‘He has a big family in the area, and it has
shocked everyone who knows him. He is no villain.
‘You
wonder if he was in the wrong place, at the wrong time, and whoever did
this was looking for someone else. We can see no reason for anyone
having a go at him like this.
‘It does not bear thinking about – did they get the wrong man, and do this to him?’
Mr
Hewitt had only recently moved to the South Bank travellers site after
being forced to relocate from another camp nearby, reported the Daily
Mirror.
Pain: Mr Hewitt (left, kissing an unknown woman) has regained consciousness after being put into a coma
Possible connection: The man was attacked near a gipsy campsite on John Boyle Road on Teesside
Standstill: Police closed a busy dual carriageway in the North-East last week to hunt for the man’s penis
His former partner
Debbie Lewis, mother of four of his children, was ‘devastated’. She
said: ‘I have had two of them upstairs in their rooms in tears since all
this came out.’
‘It does not bear thinking about – did they get the wrong man, and do this to him?’
Friend of Kelvin Hewitt
Last week
it was revealed that Mr Hewitt has fathered at least seven children by
three different women. He has regained consciousness but is still in too
much pain to be interviewed by police.
Officers
from Cleveland Police closed part of the dual carriageway on Friday to
search for the missing manhood, but have not been able to find it.
Mr
Hewitt is thought to be in a relationship with Carla Hill, who is a
mother to two of his children, and has four more children with Miss
Lewis.
Distressed: The 40-year-old was discovered in a distressed state on the side of the A66 dual carriageway
A 22-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of assault in relation to the incident and was released on bail
Leanne Trewitt, 22,
another of Hewitt’s children from a third partner, posted on Facebook
last week: ‘My dad’s stable now – just hoping for a speedy recovery.
Love you Papa Smurf!’
Her friends flooded her page with get-well messages after she posted the above note.
A
Cleveland Police spokesman said: ‘The victim remains in
hospital and is now conscious. Officers visited him today (Saturday) but
were unable to carry out a detailed interview.
‘They hope to speak to him today or tomorrow to establish exactly how his injuries were sustained. Inquiries are on-going.’
Officers search the verge of the dual carriageway for the man’s organ and other forensic evidence
Last week it was revealed that Mr Hewitt has fathered at least seven children by three different women
Mr
Hewitt was discovered in a distressed state on the side of the A66 dual
carriageway. The builder, originally from Redcar, moved on to the
Heaven Traveller’s Site at South Bank about six years ago.
Despite regaining consciousness Mr Hewitt faces a long period of recovery and will need extensive plastic surgery.
Dr
Raj Persad, a consultant urologist, told MailOnline that a new penis
could be constructed even if the original tissue is lost.
He
said: ‘The best hope is that doctors have kept the tissue in a viable
way so the penis can be reconnected. If the tissue is no longer viable,
the options are limited.
Road block: This stretch of the A66 near Middlesbrough was sealed off by police investigating the incident
Ambulance: Mr Hewitt was found at 4.50am with serious injuries and was taken to hospital
Investigation: Officers were said to be ‘keeping an open mind’ as to how the man was injured
Missing: It is understood that his penis had been cut off and was missing, prompting officers to close sections of the route in order to search for it
‘It
may be possible to make a phallus – rather like that created in gender
reassignment surgery.
‘Here, tissue expanders can be used to create a
flap of tissue that can be rolled into a phallus. The urethra would also
have to be reconstructed.’
A
22-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of assault in relation to the
incident and held in police custody on Thursday. He was later bailed
pending further enquiries.
Mr Hewitt was found at 4.50am and was taken to James Cook University Hospital in Middlesbrough.
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