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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
National
Katie Dickinson

Man charged with manslaughter over death of man bitten by dog on footpath

Police tape block the entrance at the old train line footpath off Blacker Lane in the Calder Grove area of Wakefield, where a 55-year-old man was bitten by a dog (Dave Higgens/PA) - (PA Wire)

A 55-year-old man has been charged with manslaughter over the death of a man who was bitten by a dog on a footpath.

West Yorkshire Police officers were called to reports of an altercation on the old train line footpath off Blacker Lane in the Calder Grove area of Wakefield on Saturday afternoon.

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