Wednesday 18 May 2022 09:07 AM Brit smashed in face with dumbbell bar after he refused to give up bench press ... trends now
This is the shocking moment a British gymgoer was viciously attacked in a Thai gym after refusing to give up a bench press.
CCTV footage shows Gary Reed, 46, from Hastings, East Sussex, working out on a bench press in Pattaya, Thailand on May 17 when an angry fitness fan stormed over to claim he had been waiting to use the piece of equipment.
Mr Reed told his fellow Brit that he wanted to finish his set - a compromise his angry companion seemed to accept.
Brit Gary Reed, 46, was filmed on CCTV being brutally attacked with dumbbell in Pattaya
Mr Reed needed 60 stitches, suffered a fractured right eye socket and retinal bleeding in the brutal May 17 attack
But moments later, he returned with the seven-inch long 1kg metal dumbbell bar and cracked Mr Reed in the face.
Mr Reed was then shown staggering to his feet before confronting his brutal attacker - before the pair wrestled in front of the cameras.
Speaking today from the hospital, Gary said he needed 60 stitches following the alleged assault.
He also suffered a fractured right eye socket, bleeding on his retina and needs a CT scan to check for brain damage.
Gary said: 'There was no queue for using the equipment so I just laid myself down on the bench to start lifting weights like I normally do.
The footage began as an angry fitness fan stormed over to claim he had been waiting to use the piece of equipment Mr Reed was on
After the strike, the two men wrestled as the CCTV cameras and other people in the gym watched on
'You can see in the video, my weights were at the side of the bench the whole time, which basically means I'm still using it.
