A FUND to raise cash for York attack victim Adam Blythe has so far raised £2,893.

As previously reported in The Press, the 35-year-old suffered multiple injuries to 28 different parts of his body in a sustained attack which involved weapons including a drill, a golf club, a spirit level and a rock in a sock.

Kelly Ann Raisbeck, 22, was accused of sparking the violence and joining in alongside her boyfriend, Wayne Deluen, and his brother, Gavin.

The attack left Mr Blythe in a coma with injuries including fractures to his skull, cheek, eye socket and hand.

The brothers admitted inflicting grievous bodily harm with intent. Raisbeck denied the charge, but a jury at Newcastle Crown Court convicted her of the same offence at her home in Blyth last year.

Since the conclusion of the court case on Friday, a web page set up to help Mr Blythe has seen a sudden surge in donations.

287 donors had given £2,893 by yesterday evening. The online fundraising page was set up by an organisation which supports North East homeless people, Making Winter Warmer, following his ordeal in the north-east town Blyth last February.

Raisbeck, Gavin Deluen, 23, of Dove Court, Cullercoats, North Tyneside, and Wayne Deluen, 25, of Pecket Close, Blyth, will be sentenced in April.