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Coronavirus delays see wife make wooden leg for her amputee husband with bits from shed

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With the nation's coronavirus crisis putting the NHS under pressure like never before, one crafty woman turned to her garden shed to help craft her amputee husband a new leg.

Atchari Watson, 46, stepped in to action to help her husband Steve get around their house in Shotley Bridge, County Durham, after they were told he would have to wait months for one on the NHS due to the coronavirus crisis.

He said her first attempt, using a seaside bucket, fibreglass resin and a piece of wood, made him look like Long John Silver and kept sliding off.

But a second try with half a moon boot and wood from the shed was better and it will allow him to get in the garden and walk around their house.

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