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A grandmother brutally attacked at a wedding with such force her eyelid was ‘hanging off’ says she is now terrified to be alone.

Vivienne Street, 41, was left unconscious lying in the middle of the street after she was slammed against a bar before being smashed with a rock and had her head cracked by a granite post.

The mother of three and grandmother of one had been at a friend's wedding in Praa Sands, Cornwall, when she said she was attacked by a man she did not know.

Mrs Street said: "I was at a wedding of a good friend of mine. The wedding was at Pengersick Castle, with the reception at the Sandbar in Praa.

"My husband was at the bar getting a drink when he was approached by a man. Neither of us had ever met him before. He just turned and had a go at my husband and shouted at him to get out.

"My husband didn't want to cause a scene and wanted to diffuse the situation. He had a few drinks, so he just left and walking out to let it all calm down."

After Mr Street left the attacker turned his attention to his wife.

(Image: Cornwall Live WS)

(Image: Cornwall Live WS)

(Image: Cornwall Live WS)

She continued: “After my husband left, the man then slammed me against the bar. We were both thrown out by bar staff for causing a disturbance."

Once Mrs Street was out of the premises she started to make her way back up Pentreath Lane towards the main road to try to find her husband, but her assailant followed.

She said: "I left and started to walk up the road, but then he came up behind me, he smashed my head into a granite post to the extent that my eyelid was hanging off. Then he picked up a granite rock and hit my leg with it. I don't remember anything else.

"My husband has been beating himself up ever since that he left me there but he never thought anything like that would happen."

Mrs Street said she was left unconscious and was found by a couple who had come out of their home after hearing the commotion.

She told Cornwall Live : "Luckily a couple heard it all. They came out of their bungalow and down the garden and found me unconscious. They picked me up and took me into their home. That's all I know. I don't remember anything.

"I didn't even remember that at the time. When I woke up I thought I had fallen down a cliff or been run over. I was really confused and really upset."

(Image: Cornwall Live WS)

(Image: Cornwall Live WS)

(Image: Cornwall Live WS) (Image: Cornwall Live WS)

They phoned the police and an ambulance for the bloodied and bruised victim.

She said: "The police turned up and stood the ambulance down and took me to hospital themselves. I had a huge bruise on my thigh, even now weeks later I have only just been able to sit down without screaming in pain.

"I had lumps on my head and the side of my face. My eye was cut, my eyelid was hanging off. I needed stitches and the lumps and bruises are only now just starting to go."

The incident has left the 41-year-old feeling "really scared".

"I'm terrified, I've been really scared ever since," said Mrs Street. "I keep thinking there is someone in the house."

The Sandbar declined to comment about the incident.

Devon and Cornwall Police have been contacted for a response.