Man who had penis hacked off is father to 'at least SEVEN' children by three mothers (and police are STILL hunting for missing organ)



Kelvin 'Kelly' Hewitt, 40, believed to have had penis cut off by gipsies

Hewitt reported to be father to at least seven children by three women



Builder Hewitt was found next to A66 with groin injuries on Thursday



Police were searching for the missing organ but have not yet found it



He regained consciousness from medically-induced coma yesterday

Attack thought to be revenge for sleeping with gipsy's girlfirend



Man, 22, arrested on suspicion of assault and released on bail



Kelvin 'Kelly' Hewitt, the man believed to have had his penis cut off by gipsies, is the father of at least seven children by three different women, it has been reported.

The 40-year-old was found beside the A66 on Thursday and was taken to hospital where he was put into a medically-induced coma. He regained consciousness yesterday but was in too much pain to be interviewed by police.

Officers from the Cleveland force closed part of the dual carriageway on Friday to search for the missing manhood, but have not been able to find it.



Attack: Kelvin 'Kelly' Hewitt (pictured), the man who had his penis cut off near Middlesbrough, is the father of at least seven children by three different women, it has been revealed



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 Scene: He was reportedly attacked in a caravan where he was staying at a campsite near Middlesbrough

Standstill: Police closed a busy dual carriageway in the North-East last week to hunt for the man's penis

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

Mr Hewitt is thought to be in a relationship with Carla Hill, who is a mother to two of his children, and has an ex-partner Debbie Lewis who he has four more children with.

Speaking to the Daily Mirror, Ms Lewis said: 'They're devastated. I've had two in tears since all this came out.'

Leanne Trewitt, 22, another of Hewitt's children from a third partner, posted on Facebook yesterday: '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.

Cleveland police said: 'The victim remains in hospital and is now conscious. Officers visited him today 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.'

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.

A cordon around a blood-spattered caravan, believed to be where the attack took place, was removed yesterday.



Facebook comment: Mr Hewitt recently posted a message about a meal he had at McDonald's on the A66, close to where he was attacked

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.



'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 member of staff at Asda close to where the incident happened said he heard that a man had suffered the horrendous injury to his groin.

He added: 'A few of the Asda staff have been talking and apparently it was some gipsy men doing it to another guy after they found out he had slept with one of their girlfriends.

'I don't know his name but that seems to be what I have heard.'

Although police at the time would only say that the man had suffered serious injuries and wounds to his groin area, around eight officers were seen combing a grass verge at the side of the road, while tape was used to seal off a section of the carriageway.

It's believed that they were searching for the missing body part.



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

Road block: This stretch of the A66 near Middlesbrough was sealed off by police investigating the incident

The road closed some time between 4.20am and 9am and was open again by midday. The police closed east bound carriageway first while they searched, then west bound.

A 22-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of assault in relation to the incident was held in police custody on Thursday. He was bailed pending further enquiries.



Mr Hewitt was found at 4.50am and was taken to James Cook University Hospital in Middlesbrough.



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

'The road closures were required as part of the investigation into how the man received his injuries,' said a police spokesman. 'This is necessary so that officers can look for anything which may shed light on how he became injured or his direction of travel.' The police had taped off a Vauxhall Zafira on a nearby gipsy site.

He added: 'If the road was not closed any evidence could be lost or destroyed.'

'Investigations are at a very early stage.'

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

The spokesman added: 'Officers are keeping an open mind as to how he received his injuries and key to this will be speaking to the man himself when they are able to do so.'

A second man who did not wish to be named said: 'I work on an industrial site close to where it happened.

'When I came into work this morning it was bedlam because the whole place was at a standstill.

'Nobody has told us what has happened, we heard there had been a body found and that there had been a stabbing but these could just be rumours.'

WHAT CAN BE DONE? A MEDICAL EXPERT ON THE HORRIFIC INJURY



Mr Nim Christopher, a leading expert in penile reconstruction at University College London Hospitals, told MailOnline: ‘For a complete penile reconstruction, a procedure called a free flap phalloplasty is performed. This involves taking a chunk of tissue still intact (in terms of nerves, veins, arteries) from another part of the body. This is then rolled into a tube like a sausage roll with a pipe inside it for the urethra.’ Parts of the body where skin may be taken from are the arm or the thigh. The tissue is then transplanted onto the groin area and the nerves, arteries and veins are connected. Cosmetic surgery is then performed to give the transplanted penis the appearance of one that has been circumcised. The whole procedure usually takes three operations and sensation – if it returns at all – can take a long time while the nerves heal. If a man wishes to be sexually active, he can undergo surgery to have a ‘penis pump’ device implanted. Here, two cylinders are placed either side in the tissue and these are connected to a pump in the scrotum. Squeezing the pump fills the cylinders with fluid kept in a reservoir in the abdomen. This type of surgery can be very successful and save sexual relations when all else has failed. But there are some risks attached to the operation, though, including infection and damage to the penis.

A man who had been walking his dog through the area when police started closing the roads said: 'From what I could gather there had been some sort of stabbing.

'I asked an officer what was going on and he said there was no risk to the public but someone had been seriously injured, they said it was just an individual incident though.'

A man working in nearby ScS Sofas said: 'There has been a heavy police presence in the area all day, they have been walking around the area and generally chatting to public.

'Lots of people have said there had been a stabbing but that they had heard it from someone else so it was probably just rumours.

'Whatever it was it must have been pretty serious for them to have closed the roads for so long, it was a nightmare getting into work this morning.

'People have been coming in and asking if we knew what had happened but we had no idea either.

'I instantly thought it must have been a road accident seeing as they closed the roads.'



A lady taking her shopping from Asda said: 'I know there has been a man hurt but there hasn't been much else said on the matter.

'There is a lot of gossip about a stabbing but it could just be rumours with a lot of people speculating over what it could be and coming to their own conclusions.'

Two community support officers who were patrolling said a man had been seriously injured earlier today.

They said 'no comment' when asked if a man's penis had been chopped off.

