Piercing led to woman’s death. ‘A coroner gave warning yesterday of the

“considerable risks” of bodypiercing after

recording a verdict of misadventure on a woman

who died after her 118th piercing.

The inquest on Lesley Hovvells, 39, in her home

town of Llanelli, Carmarthenshire, heard that

she collapsed last New Year’s Eve, and died of

septicaemia in January. Miss Hovvells had 28 ear

studs, 13 ear rings, 11 belly bars through her

navel, 18 other bars, six lip rings, 36 body rings

all over her body and six nose studs. She is

believed to have had over 40 piercings in the

year before her death.’ The Times of London