A man described as a 'gentle giant' by his family has died after spending months in hospital in a coma following an attack last summer.
Stephen Rimmer, 42, admitted himself to Royal Oldham Hospital on Wednesday, August 21, 2019 the week after he was attacked by an unknown offender.
He suffered serious serious facial injuries and then suffered a cardiac arrest, with medics placing him into an induced coma.
Stephen, of Rochdale, sadly never woke up and died in hospital on Saturday, March 7, 2020. Greater Manchester Police have launched a murder investigation after a post-mortem examination concluded there were links between the injuries he received in the assault and his death.
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