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Manchester Evening News
Manchester Evening News
National
James Holt

"I ruined my dream £2k holiday to Jamaica by jumping off 35ft cliff into a lagoon"

A grandmother who paid £2,000 on a dream trip to Jamaica spent the holiday in bed after jumping into a lagoon and fracturing her spine.

Maggie Ricketts, from Dukinfield, had to be dragged out of the water by her partner Peter after leaping from the 35ft cliff when on holiday with her family in May 2020.

But instead of putting her legs out, the 62-year-old hit the water in a sitting position, which she says felt like 'hitting a brick wall'.

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