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Shot man finds bullet in head five years on

A POLISH MAN had a bullet lodged in the back of his head for five years because he was too drunk to realise he had been shot at a New Year party.

The 35-year-old, who lives in Germany, was at a street party when he was hit by a .22-calibre bullet in the western town of Herne.

The man told police he remembered taking a blow to the head “in 2004 or 2005” but did not get medical help and forgot about the incident because he had been “very drunk”.

The bullet did not penetrate his skull and police said he only went to see a doctor when he felt a lump in the back of his head.

After an X-ray showed an object under his skin, doctors operated and found the projectile.

Police believe the bullet may have been fired in celebration by a fellow party-goer.

“It may have been a shot fired up in the air which entered his head on the way down,” a police spokesman said.

The bullet was removed on Friday and the man is expected to be released from hospital later this week.

This was posted in Bdaily's Members' News section by Ruth Mitchell .