A Kidbrooke mother has made an impassioned plea for justice eight years after callous thugs beat her son so savagely he was left with permanent brain damage.

Marcus Bouskill was 34-years-old when he went to the Racks Snooker Club, in Well Hall Road, Eltham, with friends on Saturday, February 23 2008.

The roofer, now 41, was viciously attacked after an argument escalated and spilled out on the street.

The father-of-one was set upon by a group of ‘between eight and 15 men’, who punched, kicked and beat him with weapons.

He sustained a devastating head injury, but it was not until Tuesday that he received medical attention.

His mother, June Middleton, 67, told News Shopper: “Marcus’ mate and this guy started fighting, Marcus went up and said stop fighting.

MORE TOP STORIES “Marcus then got attacked by between eight and 15 fellas with snooker cues, they got him outside and started kicking him, someone hit him unconscious.”

She said after the beating a friend put him in a cab and sent him home, where he lay for four days.

The mother-of-four, from Annesmere Gardens, continued: “I got a phone call Tuesday evening saying have you seen Marcus, nobody’s seen or heard from him and he took a really bad beating.

“I rushed over to his flat. I could see him lying on the floor, naked. He was unconscious.

“I was told at the time if he had come to the hospital straight away his injuries wouldn’t have been so severe.

“They probably didn’t realise how serious his injuries were.

“Smashing a window I called the police and ambulance then they took him to hospital.

“Several times they had to resuscitate him.

“He had a broken nose, one of his eye sockets and cheekbone were broken.”

He lay in a coma for six months, and doctors told the family it was ‘touch and go’.

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Marcus after the attack

After waking up he spent a long time in hospital before being released to his mother and father, Michael, 54, the following year.

But he was left severely brain damaged and can no longer walk, talk or look after himself.

Re-appealing for information, Detective Inspector Warren Arter said: “He was assaulted resulting in a serious head injury from which he never recovered.

“It is clear that this was a cold, calculated, attack.”

After looking after him full-time for four years, he now spends weekends with his family and part of his time in a care home.

Grandmother-of-seven Mrs Middleton said: “We’re always there for him.

“It’s slowly picking up but I have got him eating yoghurt, he can catch a ball, little things like that.

“I’m hoping there will be more improvement made but every little more he makes a step.

“He couldn’t do a thing when we first got him. He couldn’t speak he couldn’t control his bowels, he had a tube feeding him.

“It’s been purely a lot of love and encouragement that we have got this far.”

Appealing on the eighth anniversary of the attack, his mother fumed: “I would like to see somebody to pay for what they’ve done to him.

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Marcus before and after the attack

"Why should they leave Marcus like this?

“They’re living their lives as if nothing happened.

“It’s hard seeing him when he’s been left like this. He was a happy boy and always positive about life.

“Honestly he had a heart of gold.

“Everything changed overnight, they left him for dead. His life is ruined.”

She vowed to continue with her fight for justice.

The great-grandmother of two added: “If this appeal doesn’t work I will definitely try again because someone has to pay for what they did.

“I’d be so grateful for any sort of information to help us find the people who did this to him.

“He doesn’t understand what’s happened.”

Police wish to speak to anyone in the Well Hall Road area around midnight on Saturday 23 February 2008.

Anyone with information is asked to contact police on 101 Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111.