A man left with in a car crash has called out the cruel who mocked him while at a music festival. Craig Sears, from Troon in South Ayrshire, had been attending the Pavillion Festival on Saturday, May 3, when he became the subject of the vile TikTokers.

Craig was just 19 years old when he lost his ability to walk when his car skidded off the road in 2020. The festival was the first event he had attended since the tragic accident. While there, Craig's pal brought the sickening social media post to his attention when he got home. The student said he felt like his

Craig told the : “My pal sent me the TikTok video some guys made and warned me: ‘This isn’t good.’

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"It was a video of me pushing my chair through the crowd at the festival and two guys were copying my hand movements, making faces and laughing as I went past. They shared it to TikTok and they were laughing in the comments.

“I was just out living my life and enjoying the sunshine when this happened. Just travelling through the crowd.

"To be filmed and mocked in that moment it felt like my dignity had been taken away."

The individual who shared the video on TikTok later deleted the post and his account when he started to receive backlash in the comments.

Craig is now slamming the trolls and says their cruelty could make disabled people feel so stigmatised that they isolate themselves.

He continued: “I personally have a really positive outlook on my disability, but it terrifies me knowing that bullying like this could stop someone else leaving the house.

"It upsets me so much knowing there's lots of people it does really hurt. I have a friend I met in hospital who also went through a spinal injury the same month and year I did.

"If something like this was to happen to her she would be devastated because is already very self conscious and struggles to go out and do new things.

"The impact it would have on her would be heartbreaking."

“I share about these issues now because I spent 20 years of my life on the other side. I was probably quite ignorant then but I can see how important my voice and experiences are now."

Craig suffered life-changing injuries in his accident, breaking his neck, shattering his C6 and C5 vertebrae and damaging his spinal cord which left him paralysed from the chest down.

He now feels compelled to speak out about how it feels to be judged for having a disability.

He added: “Having lived with and without disability, I have seen first hand how it changes they way people look at you.

"I've experienced whispering and staring. It's hard, but I try not to give them any energy."