Mark Pollock wins compensation case against friends

A judge in London has ruled in favour of a blind adventurer who sued friends after he was left paralysed after falling from a window in their home.

A blind athlete left paralysed when he fell 25ft from a bedroom window while staying with friends has won his High Court battle for damages.

Mark Pollock, 39, suffered spinal and brain injuries in the July 2010 accident at the Henley on Thames home of Enda and Madeline Cahill, where he was staying for the Royal Regatta.