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False widow spider 'eats leg'

A man from east London has reportedly been attacked by a venomous spider, known as a 'false widow'. Ricki Whitmore claims the spider bit him causing his leg to swell. He ended up in hospital on an antibiotic drip.

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Leg swells 'to twice normal size' after spider bite

Ricki Whitmore says the spiders started running towards him before biting his leg. Speaking to the Daily Star he said:

There was a really sharp pain and then my leg started to throb. I managed to get home, but by the time I arrived my thigh had swollen to twice its normal size.

There was a really sharp pain and then my leg started to throb.

Ricki's wife Carrie added:

He looked terrible. He was pale, sweating and his leg was killing him. Even our son's Stanley, 11 and little Ricki, two, could tell something was wrong.

False widow spider 'eats man's leg' in east London

A man from east London has reportedly been attacked by a venomous spider, known as a 'false widow'. Ricki Whitmore claims the creature bit him, causing his leg to swell. He ended up in hospital on an antibiotic drip. Speaking to the Daily Star he said:

I found a nest of spiders' in a school I was renovating. They were quite big, a purplish brown colour with strange markings on their back.

I'd never seen anything like it. It was quite creepy. I'd never kill a spider but I needed access to the corner so I just swept them away.

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