A DISABLED ex-serviceman from Newport claims to have twisted his ankle because of a “dangerous road” in the city.

Christopher Doidge claims he was walking down Cambrian Road, near the train station, in the city centre, when his right foot got trapped between two loose bricks.

The 74-year-old said the accident happened at the top end of the road on November 7 at around 7pm in the evening when he was going to the The John Wallace Linton Wetherspoons' pub with his wife for the Royal Navy association meeting.

Mr Doidge, of Mendalgief Road, in the Pill area of Newport, said: “Luckily, my wife grabbed me or I would have fallen.

“I just picked myself up and went to the meeting – it is a couple of days later it got really painful.

“I twisted my ankle and it is still really swollen six weeks later.

“I can’t walk properly and I am still in great pain.”

The veteran – who was in the RAF for nine years and three in the Royal Navy’s Fleet Air Arm – said he is 40 per cent disabled because of problems with his knees.

Mr Doidge, who was a general technician in the RAF and an aircraft mechanic in the Royal Navy’s Fleet Air Arm, served in Germany during the Cold War, amongst others.

He said: “The fall has affected my knees and I am having to go up the stairs on all fours. I was managing alright until all this happened.

“This has caused me more problems.”

Mr Doidge said he has been to the doctor, who told him to take some painkillers. As the situation isn't improving, he is going to be going again, Mr Doidge added.

He is thinking of suing the council because the road is “dangerous”.

He said: “It is a right mess. At the time, the bricks were loose and there was no underlay - it wasn’t bedded properly."

Mr Doidge said that, since he had the accident, that stretch of the road has been resurfaced, with some tarmac being put down.

Mr Doidge claims that, when he contacted the council, all they did is give him a form to fill.

Newport City Council declined to comment.