Man ‘needed to flee’ Gran Canaria vacation ‘scared for security’ after what ex-girlfriend did

Alisha Lloyd bit and repeatedly punched her ex-boyfriend during a drinking session in Gran Canaria, leaving him ‘scared for his safety’ and forcing him to flee the Spanish island

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A man “had to flee” Gran Canaria after his ex-girlfriend attacked him on first night of their holiday. Alisha Lloyd bit and repeatedly struck her former partner after he objected to her chatting to another bloke during a drinking session on the Spanish island, their relationship having concluded around two weeks before the overseas trip.

The teenager was even said to have torn part of her estranged boyfriend’s t-shirt off with her teeth during the sustained attack and had him ejected from their hotel when she falsely informed security staff she had been the victim.

Being left “scared for his safety”, he then packed his belongings and flew home “to get away from her”.

Liverpool Crown Court heard yesterday (April 15), that Lloyd, of Byron Close in Huyton, had been in a relationship with Calum Wignall between February and June of last year. Before their break-up, the pair had booked a 10-day getaway to Gran Canaria and decided to proceed with their travel arrangements together.

Matthew Dixon, prosecuting, outlined how they touched down in the Canary Islands on July 12 2025, checking into the Beverly Park Hotel before heading out for drinks at around 7pm.

However, shortly before midnight, Lloyd began chatting to another man and provided him with details of her Instagram account.

This reportedly upset Mr Wignall, who accused the 18-year-old defendant of “acting like a fool”, grabbed her arm and started guiding her back towards the hotel, causing her to drop her phone.

She retaliated by punching him in the back of the head and then hitting him again in the face once he had turned around.

Lloyd picked up her mobile and continued hitting Mr Wignall with the hand she was holding the device in, resulting in him getting a black eye.

He then tried to embrace his ex in an attempt to “calm her down”, but she instead bit him on the chest, tearing off a piece of his t-shirt, reports the Liverpool Echo.

Bystanders eventually stepped in, at which point Lloyd began to walk away. However, being “concerned about her walking off alone”, Mr Wignall followed her down the street, where he was once again punched by his former partner.

Upon returning to the hotel, Lloyd continued her attack, prompting hotel security to intervene. Mr Wignall was then thrown out of the premises after she accused him of assaulting her, although he was ultimately allowed back in when he “managed to explain what had happened”.

Having packed his suitcase to depart, Lloyd was said to have charged towards him down a corridor and struck him while he was on the phone to his mum, which she grabbed and tossed away, resulting in damage.

Mr Wignall eventually hailed a taxi to the airport and caught a flight home, stating in a declaration read out in court on his behalf, that he was “scared of what Alicia was going to do to him” and left “feeling scared for his safety and like he had to flee the island to get away from her”.

Lloyd has no prior convictions. Charles Lander, defending, informed the court his client had a “difficult background” and added: “Sadly, because of these proceedings, she decided to leave her university course. We are hopeful she may go back to it.

“It is hopeful that her mental health will be improved. I do not minimise the seriousness of this incident on the complainant. If it has to be a period of detention, I will ask the court to consider the imposition guidelines.”

Lloyd pleaded guilty to one count of assault occasioning actual bodily harm. Supported in the public gallery by her nan, she was given an 18-month community order with a rehabilitation activity requirement of up to 20 days, a 12-month mental health treatment requirement, an alcohol abstinence monitoring requirement of 120 days and a two-year restraining order.

Sentencing, Recorder Mark Ainsworth said: “Whilst you were together, you booked to go on holiday, the two of you, to Gran Canaria in the summer of last year. In fact, by the time July came along, you had split up as a couple. You had paid for that holiday. You both decided to go away together.

“In Gran Canaria, your relationship became strained and you resorted to violence. It was on the first night that you got there that you went out for a drink. By almost midnight, it is plain that quite a bit had been had to drink between the two of you.

“You fell out because you were talking to another man. He took hold of you by your arm and walked you in the direction of the hotel. He said that you were acting like a fool and you were drunk. He was worried for you. He did not want to leave you alone on your own in the bars, because your phone had died.

“You responded by resorting to violence. You continued to punch him to the face while holding the mobile phone in your hand. That is probably what caused the black eye to Calum. He tried to stop you by hugging you so that you could not punch him again. At that point, you started to bite him.

“The matter became so upsetting for him that he packed his bags and left. At one point, security in the hotel had to become involved. Any incident where people are so drunk that they resort to violence is a serious matter, especially when it occurs in a domestic context like this. So it is that you find yourself in the dock of crown court at the age of just 18, being sentenced for this very unpleasant incident.

“You have expressed remorse for what happened that night. This was plainly a very upsetting situation for him. Any situation where someone feels compelled to get in taxi and fly home must have been a very serious situation.

“It seems to me that any thought of a sentence of detention, of any format, is unnecessary in this case. I can properly deal with this case by way of a community order. If, for the next 18 months, you remain out of trouble, you can put this matter behind you and move on. That is what everyone wants to see.”

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