A GIANT Spiderman ornament was left with a rocket protruding from its bottom after a rogue firework left a saucepan size hole in its backside.

Barry Spears, 74, of Rickstones Road, Witham, said the item was found lodged inside the unusual ornament on New Year’s Day.

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It had flown into their garden, narrowly missing an aviary housing about 30 birds, and their home.

Mr Spears said: “If that had happened on my porch it could have blown my house up.

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“That could have been a child sitting there or one of us.

“Just imagine you were standing there and it hit you, it doesn’t bear thinking about.

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“We have had little ones before that have done no damage, but the stick on this one must be three foot long.

“It’s made a hole as big as a saucepan and it probably blew up inside.”

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Mr Spears said he bought the comic ornament for £45 at a car boot sale - not the world wide web - as it seemed like a good deal.

He said: “I shall probably repair it, but that’s not the point.”