Flesh-eating bug victim feels ‘lucky to be alive’

A mother-of-two yesterday said she felt lucky to be alive after her face was attacked by a flesh-eating bug.

Tracy Marjoram, 42, of Dereham, Norfolk, lost her upper cheek and had her right eye fused together after being infected with the life-threatening necrotising fasciitis bacteria.

The school catering assistant had been working on her allotment in June 2005 when she felt an itching sensation in the corner of her eye.