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The police give Melissa Kite short shrift

28 September 2013

9:00 AM

28 September 2013

9:00 AM

Walking the spaniel on Tooting Common, I was apprehended by a man on a bike. He was ashen-faced. His young daughter, pedalling behind him, had tears streaming down her face. ‘We’ve been attacked!’ he said. ‘My daughter…they set a dog on her…she’s been bitten.’

I looked ahead up the track…et voilà.

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