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Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror
National
Nia Dalton

'Doctors said my tic was attention-seeking - but then I had my eureka moment'

When Gavin Higgins was in primary school, he developed a tic that caused his face to repeatedly jerk to one side.

It made the muscles in his neck and jaw hurt, and as a young boy aged just eight, he had 'no idea' what was happening to him.

Teachers would call him a 'show off' during lessons, and he claims that even his doctors agreed that he was 'attention-seeking'.

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