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IN TODAY'S GAZETTE: DOG MAULED TO DEATH IN PARK

8:01am Thursday 23rd August 2012 in News

IN TODAY'S GAZETTE: A DISTRAUGHT teenager is warning others to beware after his pet dog was savaged to death in a Colchester park.

Jack Foster, 16, lost his dog and best friend Klaus after he was attacked by a Staffordshire bull terrier.

* The treasurer of a fishing club stole more than half of its annual takings. Peter Boardman, 59, was trusted with teh accounts for Lake View Angling Club in Clacton when he pilfered almost £5,000.

* A former parish councillor has gone on trial accused of a series of sex offences involving young girls. Anthony Stewart, 52, of The Rookeries, Marks Tey, who used to be a Sible Hedingham parish councillor, denies 16 charges.

* A teenager nearly drowned after his foot was caught under a rock off the Mersea coast. The 13-year-old boy swallowed large quantities of water as he ducked down to try to free his foot. He managed to escape while the emergency services races to his rescue.

FOR MORE ON THESE AND OTHER GREAT STORIES, SEE TODAY'S GAZETTE. THERE IS ALWAYS MORE IN THE PAPER THAN THERE THIS ONLINE.

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