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African bug laid eggs in Brit’s student's foot before hitching a ride to the UK

A parasitic bug hitched a lift to the UK from Africa inside a student's foot before bursting out in his bedroom.

Matthew O’Donnell, aged 22, worked as a volunteer in Tanzania before returning home in in September.

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