Builder, 30, pulls an unexploded bomb out of a skip in his friend’s garden with his bare hands

• Jamie Lee Williams, 30, made the shock discovery in Plymouth, Devon, on Friday
• He called the emergency services when he realised what his discovery was 
• The Emergency Ordnance Disposal arrived around 4pm and took device away

Jamie Lee Williams, 30, pulled an unexploded bomb out of a skip with his bare hands while working on his friend’s garden

A builder pulled an unexploded bomb out of a skip with his bare hands while working on his friend’s garden.

Jamie Lee Williams, 30, made the incendiary discovery in Plymouth, Devon, on Friday.

He immediately knew what he was holding – after paying attention in history lessons at school – so quickly called the emergency services.

Mr Williams said: ‘I was working to help a friend as I had some time off when I found it.

‘It had been put in the skip by a digger. I pulled it out of the skip with my hands and I thought it was a lump of metal or a brick.

‘I looked at it and knew straight away what it was and put it on the wall.

‘My brother is in the services and from history at school. 

‘We made the right phone calls and they closed the street down, it was a good response.

Mr Williams immediately knew what he was holding – after paying attention in history lessons at school – so quickly called the emergency services

‘It was quite scary and it shocked me, you don’t really see that every day.’

A spokesperson for Devon and Cornwall Police confirmed that officers arrived at the home, on Butt Park Road, Honicknowle, and called the Emergency Ordnance Disposal.

They arrived at around 4pm and took the device with them to be disposed of correctly.

Witnesses described seeing emergency services ‘everywhere’ during the incident.

Emergency Ordnance Disposal arrived at around 4pm and took the device with them to be disposed of correctly

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