Dale Whitehurst: Last News

A double amputee has revealed that the DWP believes he is not yet unfit for work despite being impaled upside down on a metal fence for days. Dale Whitehurst is still on the road to recovery nearly one year after losing his leg due to a horrific accident a Wolstanton Retail Park.

unfit to work almost a year later. Dale Whitehurst's recovery and constant, 24/7 agony has left him trapped in a never-ending "bad dream" and is haunted by phantom pains.He says the "limited" amount of benefits he receives mean he is struggling to make ends meet, with the 44-year-old from Stoke, Staffordshire miraculously surviving five days of hanging upside down in the scorching heat last summer.His ankles were speared to the metal security railings in a stomach-churning incident that left Whitehurst hanging there for days.Dale is still coming to terms with everything, but says the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) and local council have only added to his tough times, with the council alleging Dale owes them £400 for an emergency care package.Dale says that not only was he was assured he did not need to pay it back at the time it was issued, but the package was of little use as the carers who come round are unable to physically help him.

A man who has been left traumatised after losing both of his legs when he was impaled on a fence is yet to be officially declared unfit for work almost a year later.

A man was left to hang upside-down and impaled on a fence for five days, he has revealed.

A man whose legs became impaled on a fence says he spent five days 'hanging upside down' while his cries for help went unheard.