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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Sam Hancock

Jacob Gallon: First picture of schoolboy, 9, killed by tree knocked over in 80mph winds

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The first image of a schoolboy killed during Storm Malik has been released as tributes pour in for the nine-year-old.

Jacob Gallon, from Longton, Stoke, died from injuries sustained when he was struck down by a falling tree on 29 January. It was the day winds reached up to 80mph in parts of the UK, causing devastation and further killing a 60-year-old woman in Scotland.

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