DESPAIRING David Phyall cut off his HEAD with a chainsaw after losing an eviction fight.

David, 58, plugged it into the mains and put a timer on the socket, then took a c**ktail of pills to knock himself out.

He rested the saw on his neck and once he passed out, the timer went off slicing through his neck in an instant.

Cops and paramedics found his *lo**-soaked corpse ten days ago after his dad John raised the alarm.

A Hampshire police source said: What greeted them was a horrific sight. The head was severed and there was a considerable amount of *lo**.

He seemed to have gone into a great amount of detail to end it all.

The campaigner had fought for several years to prevent developers bulldozing the block of 72 flats he rented in, and replacing them.

He was last to leave after all the other flats were boarded up in Bishopstoke, Southampton.

It is believed an eviction notice from housing association Atlantic Housing Ltd was the last straw.

Rejected

A spokesman for Atlantic said: We had given him 11 other offers of accommodation but he rejected them, basically because he did not want a property owned by us.

An inquest into the death was opened at Winchester Coroners Court and adjourned.

Tests were being carried out to see whether the tablets killed him first.

Ron Turtle, residents association chairman, said: They offered him several places that were similar but he just didnt want to move. They had to go to court. It is a very sad situation.

The flats were built in the 1960s but would cost more to repair than the £7.8million cost of rebuilding on the site.