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A couple's birthday holiday to Magaluf ended in disaster after a man broke his neck after jumping into a pool.

Richard Budi, 26, is breathing through a tube and can't feel anything from his chest to his feet after the shocking accident.

His girlfriend Simona Malarova is now desperately trying to raise funds to bring him home to the UK.

She said they were having "the best time of our lives" before it ended in tragedy with Richard being rushed to hospital.

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Writing on her gofundme page, Simona said: "Myself and Richard travelled to Magaluf, Majorca for a holiday to celebrate his 26th Birthday.

"Everything was going well, we were having the best time of our lives until it became the worst nightmare ever!

"Richard jumped into a swimming pool and broke a bone in his neck.

"He is now breathing through a tube as his lungs are very weak and cannot breathe on his own.

"He is able to move his head and his shoulders but can not move or feel from his chest down to his feet."

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Simona said Richard did not have a European Health Insurance Card or travel insurance to cover the medical costs.

It will cost £20,000 to fly him home for treatment which Simona says he needs.

Posting on Facebook, she said: "We now need to get Richard transported in a air ambulance into a hospital in UK where they will be able to help him with his breathing and the movement of his body.

"The whole transportation and other medical treatments for Richard will cost £20,0000.

"Doctors in Son Espases hospital have given permission for Richard to go on the 26th of July 2018 back home to get the medical assistance that he needs, however we do not have the funds to get Richard into a hospital in UK in an air ambulance."

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Simona, a former pupil of the Academy of St Francis of Assisi in Fairfield, said the hospital where Richard is currently being cared for, Son Espases in Majorca, did not have the machines and treatment needed to help her partner.

She is fundraising on gofundme , where well-wishers have made donations and left messages.

David Newcombe was among them, posting: "Hope and pray Richard gets home and makes an amazing recovery, God bless."