He said: "It was hurting a lot and causing my finger to bend.

"It was a as big as my thumbnail. I'd been to the doctors with it and tried all sorts of things but it wouldn't go.

"I didn't expect to lose my finger as well when I shot it but the gun recoiled and that was it. The wart was gone and so was most of my finger. There was nothing left of it, so no chance of re-attaching it."