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Sex toys can literally kill you

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Sex toys can actually be dangerous enough to cause death, as a man, who had a pleasure toy lodged in his butt for 5 days, died.

50-year-old Nigel Willis, was too ashamed to seek medical for the vibrator stuck in his body, that he spent almost a week on his sofa at his home in Forest Hill, London, which made him really weak, the Daily Star reported.

He was rushed to Lewisham Hospital after a pal convinced him to get help, where his condition kept deteriorating despite the toy's removal and treatment, after which he finally passed away from multi-organ failure, sepsis and a perforated bowel.

 

The case was presented at Southwark Crown Court, where assistant coroner to inner-south London, Sarah Ormand-Walshe, stated the incident as tragic "accident.

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First Published: Aug 13 2014 | 11:31 AM IST

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