DOM Joly has opened up about his “terrifying” childhood in war torn Lebanon and recalled the moment a classmate brought a severed head into his school.

The comedian was just seven-years-old when a friend carried the head into the room in a bag.

It is a moment Dom, 50, said will stay with him forever and left him worried he would never get over the trauma of living in the country’s capital, Beirut, during the civil war.

He made the horrifying confession after a trip to the Ukraine with Save The Children.

Dom told The Sunday People: “There had been an execution and six people had been beheaded.

“This kid turned up with a head in a bag and just produced it to the class.

“That was quite traumatic, probably the worst thing I’ve ever seen.”

Dom also revealed how his family lived in fear of his father being kidnapped and said when he moved to the UK, he still suffered with the trauma of what he had seen.

He added: “Doors slamming would make me jump, also people whistling.

“There is nothing more vicious than a civil war.”

Dom spent time in the UK with the charity and met children affected by the civil war, which has been going on since 2014.

After meeting a young boy called Roman, who had been injured by a land mine, Dom said he was astounded that such heinous violence was still happening.

He explained: “It’s trench warfare.

“It’s like the First World War, three hours from Heathrow. It’s a powerful thing, to think kids of 15 are being blown up.”