Today’s winner comes from Yorkshire in England.
A SECURITY guard from South Yorkshire shot himself in the hand to try to remove a wart from his finger.
Sean Murphy, 38, lost most of his left middle finger after using the stolen 12-bore Beretta shotgun at a garden centre in Doncaster.
He also landed in court for using an illegal firearm, and was handed a 16-week suspended prison sentence.
Murphy was told at Doncaster Magistrates’ Court that the offence carried a maximum 15 year term.
But he said: “The best thing is that the wart has gone. It was giving me lot of trouble.”
There’s more at the link.
The report goes on to state:
District Judge Jonathan Bennett told the defendant: “I don’t know what was going on in your mind.”
Your Honor, I have news for you. A stunt like that is surely proof positive that he doesn’t have the kind of mind in which anything can go on!
Peter
That last may be a little harsh, Peter. We can't know from this remove just what "giving me lot of trouble" consisted of. Added to that, having to choose between a 12 gauge and the British NHS would give me some moments pause too. 🙂
Everyone knows that a wart is best removed with a 9mm. Corns require a .45 and the 12 gauge should be saved for emergency frost-bite amputations.
Sheesh.
That was my guess, too–got tired of waiting for NHS to take care of it.
I'm surprised, though, that they didn't charge him for practicing medicine without a license, too.
Was alcohol involved?