Dad-of-three Brian Smith, 43, from Maidstone, Kent, almost had to have his limbs amputated and developed arthritis after he ...

A DAD has been left arthritic after his limbs nearly “exploded” from what he believes was a bite from a false widow spider.

Brian Smith suffered a severe reaction to a false widow bite that has led him to warn others about British spiders ...

A dad issued a warning over spiders in the UK - after a false widow bite left ... the incident Brian believes he was bitten by a venomous false widow spider - whose bites produce necrosis ...

Now four months on from the attack Brian believes he was bitten by a venomous false widow spider - whose ... I was quite shocked a spider in the UK could cause this sort of damage,' Brian said. ' ...