London, March 25, 2025 (AFP) - UK judge slams Paddington Bear statue vandals

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2025-03-25

Two vandals who broke a statue of Paddington Bear in half were the "antithesis" of everything the affable character from British storybooks stands for, a UK judge sentencing the pair said on Tuesday. Royal Air Force engineers Daniel Heath and William Lawrence, both 22, set upon the statue in Newbury, southern England after a night out drinking on March 2. CCTV footage shows the pair struggling to prize it from a bench, before splitting the hollow......

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