PoW dies 67 years after torture by Nazis
A British prisoner of war has died from injuries he received when he was tortured by his Nazi captors more than 60 years ago.
Peter Vernon-Ward had been warned by doctors that he must have his leg amputated or face being slowly poisoned from ruptured wounds sustained when rifle butts were smashed into his legs in a German prison camp during World War Two.
But Mr Vernon-Ward refused the operation three years ago "because he saw it as giving in to the Nazis".
The poison finally killed him in his sleep on Sunday aged 86.
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Peter Vernon-Ward had been warned by doctors that he must have his leg amputated or face being slowly poisoned from ruptured wounds sustained when rifle butts were smashed into his legs in a German prison camp during World War Two.
But Mr Vernon-Ward refused the operation three years ago "because he saw it as giving in to the Nazis".
The poison finally killed him in his sleep on Sunday aged 86.