Sean Murphy Shoots Finger Off To Get Rid Of Wart

Sean Murphy couldn't stand the pain from his wart any longer.

The 38-year-old English security guard decided to take drastic measures. He got drunk to numb his finger, then grabbed his shotgun and blasted off "almost his entire finger" according to the Telegraph. The incident also left him facing 15 years in jail for the illegal possession of a firearm.

Thankfully for Murphy, he was only given a 16-week suspended sentence and community service.

Murphy told the Yorkshire Post that he was just glad to have the painful wart out of his life.

"The best thing is that the wart has gone," he said. "It was giving me lot of trouble.”

MSNBC notes that the blemish was "on the joint closest to the tip of his middle finger, and was causing the digit to bend unnaturally."

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Comments

[roxash17]

12:04 AM on 08/06/2011

There are a lot of ways now on how to remove a wart . I'm sure shooting is not one of the painless way. = )

[idunno56455]

04:22 AM on 07/03/2011

Wouldn't shooting off your finger hurt MORE?!

[mrsvonii]

03:44 PM on 06/20/2011

Wow, he must have been really afraid of the English medical system. I guess we should all be glad for him that the wart was just on a finger...

[DOYCE HICKS]

11:57 AM on 06/20/2011

A $2 bottle of wart removal would have been very effective and a whole lot less painful.

[Mojavegreen]

11:31 AM on 06/20/2011

Whats going to be funny is hearing a future article about that wart moving over to his next finger.

[Mojavegreen]

11:30 AM on 06/20/2011

Theres a rock in every industry. Now that he has a criminal record involving a firearm. He is most likely no longer a security guard. Next time buy wart remover or see a doctor. Seeing as you have to have a guard card to work for a legit security company in this country. I doubt that he was a professional security officer. Especially when he wasn't supposed to posses a firearm.

[LyleLondon]

03:43 AM on 06/20/2011

About 30 years ago, a doctor gave me some silver nitrate applicators -- basically a wood skewer with a blob of silver nitrate on the end. They work great for getting rid of warts. You just dip the end slightly into some water and then put it on the wart after you take a shower at night. For some reason, I don't see doctors prescribing this anymore.

[JasonRenfroe214]

10:06 PM on 06/19/2011

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[anigma47]

05:56 PM on 06/19/2011

Definately does the trick. Maybe he could remove the growth from Obamas nose the same way?

[johndpieper]

06:36 PM on 06/19/2011

Totally inappropriate!

[raypoker79]

10:38 PM on 06/19/2011

lmao

[hookcolumbus]

01:40 PM on 06/19/2011

shoulda tried ductape first lol

[BeFairNow]

10:38 AM on 06/19/2011

Yes, well, that'll do it. *sigh*

[Lisa Kalb]

09:36 AM on 06/19/2011

Hadn't he heard of Compound W?

[morel5555]

08:49 AM on 06/19/2011

I had a wart on my pointer finger for 10 years. It really drove me crazy. I had it frozen off with liquid nitrogen 8 times, but it kept coming back. Then I was referred to a dr. to have lazer surgery. I also had that 8 times and it came back every single time. I begged my doctors to cut off my finger. No lie. That's how bad it bothered me. I used otc wart remover stuff, but I finally got rid of it with a bunion scraper. I scraped it down till it was flush with my finger, put on wart remover pad, and kept a bandaid on it for about a year. All of a sudden one day i scraped it so much it bled, then it didn't come back. That was 7 yr. ago. My finger's scarred, but I don't care. I'm just glad to have the wart gone. Dude, I feel for ya, and it's no laughing matter. Sorry you didn't try my method first.

[gosteelers]

10:05 PM on 06/18/2011

wonder if the wart was on his dic- if he would of shot that off.. ouch..

[gosteelers]

10:02 PM on 06/18/2011

i'm wondering how much pain he's in now... he thought his wart hurt him..