‘I was bitten by a false widow spider in my sleep and my arm nearly exploded’

‘I was bitten by a false widow spider in my sleep and my arm nearly exploded’

A dad was told his hand might need to be cut off after he was bitten by a suspected false widow spider in his sleep. Brian Smith, 43, from Maidstone, Kent, is warning others about venomous insects in the UK after his arm nearly “exploded” after the bite. In November, he woke up to a “really sharp pain” in his right hand but managed to get back to sleep. However, when he woke up again in the morning, he could barely move it. The dad-of-three went…