flesh-eating

Mr O'Hara, who contracted a life-threatening flesh-eating disease which caused horrific injuries, previously told Newcastle Crown Court he had become a "shell" of himself.

Thomas Kwan, 53, had previously denied the offence against Patrick O'Hara, who was given a toxin which caused a "rare and life-threatening flesh-eating disease," Newcastle Crown Court heard.

Mr O'Hara, 71, was lucky to survive after the toxin caused a "rare and life-threatening flesh-eating disease," the court heard.

The synthetic drug lowers breathing and heart rate to dangerously low levels and can cause large open skin wounds, which have led to it being dubbed a "flesh-eating zombie drug".

It’s unclear what line of thinking made Trump invoke the fictional mass murderer – or whether he was encouraging his followers to act like Hannibal Lecter or referencing some flesh-eating bogeyman from south of the border.