A mum has been left devastated after her seven-year-old son lost his finger while climbing over a metal security fence.
Faye Johnston's son Jacob was playing outside with his sister Eva-Rose, nine, and their friend Brook Skee-Simmons, nine, when the accident happened on Leam Gardens in the Wardley area of Gateshead. The 31-year-old said Jacob, then six, tried to climb over the fence while out with the girls.
She said she was inside Brooke's home with her mum Chloe Skee, 32, when they heard Jacob screaming in pain. When they reached him, they found that his little finger on his right hand had been sliced off by the metal spikes on top of the fence. Faye rushed him to hospital where he had the remaining bone amputated.
