The British backpacker who was viciously beaten up in Bundaberg, Queensland, on Saturday night has spoken for the first time about the ordeal and admitted only now does he realise how serious the attack was. Speaking to MailOnline from his hospital bed, the talented young footballer, who has been traveling around Australia since February, said he suffered a fractured skull and was put in an induced coma after he was allegedly set upon by a 22-year-old local on the Burnett traffic bridge - the same spot where British backpacker Caroline Stuttle was pushed to her death more than 12 years ago.
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Chris Luxton, 21, was allegedly beaten and robbed on Saturday night
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The British tourist was left in a coma after the attack on the Burnett traffic bridge in Bundaberg, Queensland
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22-year-old local Braydon Adams has been charged with GBH
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UK tourist Caroline Stuttle thrown to her death from same bridge in 2002
Chris Luxton on an earlier holiday (above left) and (right) scuba diving off the @placeholder coast