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Mr Sturmey had been arguing with his fiancee, Sarah-Lee Harlow, last August.After being locked out of their house he returned in the morning and shot himself with a nailgun.Three nails went into his chest, puncturing his heart.He was alive and conscious for nearly half an hour before Taranaki District Health Board ambulance staff arrived.Ambulance officer Janice McGiven said she arrived to find eight or 10 people outside watching as Mr Sturmey repeatedly fell over and got back up.She said he walked toward the ambulance, telling them to go away.Despite the resistance, the ambulance crew were able to start treating him and found three puncture wounds near his heart.Mrs McGiven said one of the nails was still lodged in his chest. She believed he had pulled the other two out.
