This is the moment a man who has spent 13 years in a wheelchair took his first independent steps - after defying doctors and walking again.

Liam Critchett, 24, was able to stroll unaided along his favourite childhood beach.

Doctors doubted he would be able to walk again after being diagnosed with spinal cancer aged 11. 

The diagnosis saw him wheelchair-bound throughout his school years and spending the majority of his youth in hospital undergoing a whopping 50 operations to try and rid his body of the cancer.

This is the moment a man who has spent 13 years in a wheelchair took his first independent steps - after defying doctors and walking again. Liam Critchett, 24, was able to stroll unaided along his favourite childhood beach. Doctors doubted he would be able to walk again after being diagnosed with spinal cancer aged 11.  The diagnosis saw him wheelchair-bound throughout his school years and spending the majority of his youth in hospital undergoing a whopping 50 operations to try and rid his body of the cancer.