Alisha Lloyd’s boyfriend packed his bags and flew home ‘to get away from her’
Alisha Lloyd(Image: Facebook)
A man “had to flee” Gran Canaria after his ex-girlfriend battered him on the first night of their ill-fated holiday. Alisha Lloyd bit and repeatedly punched her former partner after he took exception to her speaking to another male during a drinking session on the Spanish island, their relationship having ended around two weeks prior to the trip abroad.
The teenager was even said to have ripped part of her estranged boyfriend’s t-shirt off with her teeth during the prolonged assault and had him turfed out of their hotel when she wrongly told security staff she had been the victim. Being left “scared for his safety”, he then packed his bags and flew home “to get away from her”.
Liverpool Crown Court heard yesterday, Wednesday, that Lloyd, of Byron Close in Huyton, had been in a relationship with Calum Wignall between February and June of last year. Prior to their split, the couple had booked a 10-day holiday to Gran Canaria and decided to continue with their travel plans together.
Matthew Dixon, prosecuting, described how they arrived in the Canary Islands on July 12 2025, booking into the Beverly Park Hotel before going out for drinks at around 7pm. However, shortly before midnight, Lloyd began speaking to another man and gave him details of her Instagram account.
This was said to have upset Mr Wignall, who accused the 18-year-old defendant of “acting like a fool”, took hold of her arm and began walking her back towards the hotel, causing her to drop her phone. She then responded by punching him to the back of the head and then hitting him again to the face once he had turned around.
Lloyd took hold of her mobile and continued striking Mr Wignall using the hand she was carrying the item with, leaving him with a black eye. He then attempted to hug his ex in order to “calm her down”, but she instead bit him to the chest, ripping off a section of his t-shirt.
Passers-by subsequently intervened, at which stage Lloyd began to walk away. But, having been “concerned about her walking off alone”, Mr Wignall followed her down the street, at which stage he was again punched by his former partner.
Upon returning to the hotel, Lloyd continued her assault, causing hotel security to step in. Mr Wignall was then ejected from the premises after she accused him of attacking her, although he was ultimately allowed access again when he “managed to explain what had happened”.
Having packed his suitcase to leave, Lloyd was reported to have run towards him down a corridor and punched him while he was speaking to his mum on the phone, which she took hold of and threw away, causing it to be damaged. Mr Wignall eventually took a taxi to the airport and boarded a flight home, saying in a statement, read to the 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 previous convictions. Charles Lander, defending, told 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 admitted one count of assault occasioning actual bodily harm. Supported in the public gallery by her nan, she was handed 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.”