Phantom pain of severed thumb drove power saw victim to fatal overdose

A power saw victim took a fatal overdose of tablets because he could not bear to live with the phantom pains from a severed thumb, an inquest heard.

Brian Davies, 30, cut off half of his thumb in a power saw accident but was in so much pain he had the rest of it surgically removed four years later.

But Mr Davies continued to suffer phantom pains, so he hoarded painkillers prescribed by his GP to take an overdose.

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