article_snippet.sent: he claims Mr Phillips, 70, later struck he with he crutch during a confrontation
article_snippet.sent: Mr Phillips walked with a crutch because of a hip replacement operation and his wife also suffered from limited mobility due to osteoarthritis.
article_snippet.sent: Mr Phillips said Mr Phillips was about to follow his wife into their cabin when Mr Phillips spotted someone out of the corner of Mr Phillips eye.
article_snippet.sent: The next thing I knew I came to with people all around me,’ Mr Phillips said.
article_snippet.sent: Mr Phillips was pushed against a wall and also knocked unconscious.
article_snippet.sent: Mr Phillips was found to have suffered two broken vertebrae.
article_snippet.sent: Mr Phillips was not on the ship, which was in port at the time of the discovery, but when Mr Phillips returned Mr Phillips was told to make Mr Phillips own way back to Mr Phillips home in Glasgow.