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A man cut off his head with a chainsaw because he did not want to leave his repossessed home.
By Charlotte Bailey
Last Updated: 7:05PM GMT 20 Nov 2008
David Phyall, 50, carried out the carefully planned suicide in his housing association flat in Bishopstoke, Hampshire, in July this year.
An inquest at Winchester coroner's court heard that Mr Phyall tied the Black & Decker tool to a leg of a snooker table in his lounge, taped up the on-button and plugged it into a timer.
Mr Phyall, who had consumed a small quantity of alcohol but no drugs, then lay down under the snooker table face up and placed the chainsaw against his neck. A piece of the tool's cardboard box initially cushioned the blades from his neck.
The hearing heard that the timer, which is usually used to turn lights on and off, was fixed to start up the chainsaw for 15 minutes.
When it activated, it sliced three-quarters through his neck and across into his right shoulder only stopping from a complete severing when his t-shirt was dragged into the blades.
His elderly parents John and Jean Phyall raised the alarm when they could not contact their son on July 5 this year.
Police were called and, when they arrived, found Mr Phyall in the lounge with blood spattering the walls, floor and a cabinet.
Sergeant Mark Carter said: "The electric chainsaw was embedded in his neck. The blade was approximately three quarters through his neck."
The hearing heard that the block where Mr Phyall had his flat was to be demolished and despite great efforts from his housing association, he had refused 11 offers of alternative accommodation. Eventually it had gone to court to repossess the property.
Recording a verdict of suicide, Mr Burge said First Wessex Housing Group had done all they could to help Mr Phyall but he was "irrationally opposed to moving".
He said: "It is an appalling way to take one's life but that is what happened in this case.
"He thought through how he was going to commit suicide very carefully. He went to a great deal of trouble.
"I think he did it to draw attention to the injustice of his situation."
Tough way to go. should have used a stihl
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By Charlotte Bailey
Last Updated: 7:05PM GMT 20 Nov 2008
David Phyall, 50, carried out the carefully planned suicide in his housing association flat in Bishopstoke, Hampshire, in July this year.
An inquest at Winchester coroner's court heard that Mr Phyall tied the Black & Decker tool to a leg of a snooker table in his lounge, taped up the on-button and plugged it into a timer.
Mr Phyall, who had consumed a small quantity of alcohol but no drugs, then lay down under the snooker table face up and placed the chainsaw against his neck. A piece of the tool's cardboard box initially cushioned the blades from his neck.
The hearing heard that the timer, which is usually used to turn lights on and off, was fixed to start up the chainsaw for 15 minutes.
When it activated, it sliced three-quarters through his neck and across into his right shoulder only stopping from a complete severing when his t-shirt was dragged into the blades.
His elderly parents John and Jean Phyall raised the alarm when they could not contact their son on July 5 this year.
Police were called and, when they arrived, found Mr Phyall in the lounge with blood spattering the walls, floor and a cabinet.
Sergeant Mark Carter said: "The electric chainsaw was embedded in his neck. The blade was approximately three quarters through his neck."
The hearing heard that the block where Mr Phyall had his flat was to be demolished and despite great efforts from his housing association, he had refused 11 offers of alternative accommodation. Eventually it had gone to court to repossess the property.
Recording a verdict of suicide, Mr Burge said First Wessex Housing Group had done all they could to help Mr Phyall but he was "irrationally opposed to moving".
He said: "It is an appalling way to take one's life but that is what happened in this case.
"He thought through how he was going to commit suicide very carefully. He went to a great deal of trouble.
"I think he did it to draw attention to the injustice of his situation."
Tough way to go. should have used a stihl
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