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Barney Davis

Double amputee, 8, left stranded for 5 hours without wheelchair at Gatwick

Tony Hudgell

(Picture: PA Media)

The adoptive parents of a boy who lost both his legs being tortured by his birth parents have slammed an airline for leaving him stranded for five hours at Gatwick Airport without his wheelchair.

Tony Hudgell, 8, had been returning from a dream trip to Lapland, when his £6,500 specialised wheelchair failed to make it off the flight.

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