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DRIVEN mad by an itchy wart, a man decided to remove it himself – and shot off most of the middle finger of his left hand.

Sean Murphy, 38, used a 12-bore Beretta after creams failed to cure the problem.

But his shotgun surgery landed him in court where, yesterday, he received a 16-week sentence suspended for 18 months for possessing an illegal firearm.

Sean of Doncaster, South Yorks, said: “I’m happy with that. The best thing is the wart has gone. It was giving me a lot of trouble.

“It was as big as my thumbnail. I’d tried all sorts of things, but it wouldn’t go. I didn’t expect to lose my finger – there was nothing left of it.”