A MAN died after taking a de-worming drug for animals as he believed it would cure cancer, an inquest heard.

Lee Redpath, 45, was rushed to hospital with signs of liver failure after dosing himself with an anti-parasitic drug called fenbendazole across a three-week period.

He tragically died in Addenbrooke’s Hospital, in Cambridge , on April 29.

Lee had ordered the drug, believing it to be safe, from a supplier in Ukraine .

The 45-year-old saw fake social media posts which claimed fenbendazole could be a cancer cure - despite it being banned for human use.

It's designed to be used against a number of gastrointestinal parasites in animals including giardia, roundworms, hookworms, whipworms, tapeworms and pinworms.

However, even A-list celebrities have promoted the drug for humans,

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