Mother says she could SMELL her 15-year-old daughter’s legs burning after thugs hurled a firework at the schoolgirl as she left a park
- GRAPHIC CONTENT WARNING: Yobs threw firework at Emily Godfrey in Kirby
- Her mother says she was left ‘screaming in agony’ and later went into shock
- Gang hit her with a firework despite her friend trying to push her out of the way
- The teenager was left vomiting due to the trauma of the attack in Merseyside
A mother has told how she could smell her 15-year-old daughter’s legs burning after thugs hurled a firework at the schoolgirl in a park.
Emily Godfrey was left ‘screaming in agony’ after a gang launched the missile at her in Merseyside.
The teenager was leaving Webster Park in Kirkby when a firework struck the back of her legs and burned her flesh.
Her mother, Natalie, said that she could ‘smell her daughter’s skin’ as they rushed her to hospital.
Emily (left) was attacked in Kirby, Merseyside, when thugs launched a firework at her, leaving her mother, Natalie (right) smelling burning flesh as she raced to hospital
Pictured: The wounds left on the teenager’s legs after yobs launched the missile at her in Kirby
‘It was horrendous getting that phone call to say she had been hit by a firework,’ she said. ‘She’s my baby, I just wanted to know she was okay.
‘I had texted her earlier in the night saying ‘come home’ and she said she would be home soon – I keep thinking if she would have come home this wouldn’t have happened.
‘We had to lay her on her front going to the hospital because she could not lay on her back – I could smell her legs burning the whole way. When the doctor saw Emily he could smell the burning too.’
Ms Godfrey said that Emily had been at the park, a place she goes to regularly with friends, but they decided to leave after noticing a gang at the other side of the field with fireworks.
The teenager was left with burns and cuts (right) and had to have bandages after the firework hit her nerve endings
The yobs threw a firework as she was approaching the gate to exit the park.
It hit the teenager, despite her friend trying to push her out of its path.
Her distraught mother said: ‘She has been left with burns to both legs and one on her bum too. She is bruised from the impact.
‘She was wearing a black designer coat, and if the firework had hit her any further up her whole coat would have gone up in flames.
‘Doctors told us Emily’s burns are superficial and have hit nerve endings so she’s been given strong painkillers.
‘The shock must have kicked in around 11pm last night as near enough on the hour, every hour, she was throwing up.’
She said that Emily, who is struggling to walk due to her injuries, is due back in hospital today when doctors will be able to assess her recovery time.