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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Rod Minchin

Police and crime commissioner apologises for ‘dead bodies’ claim

Devon and Cornwall Police and crime commissioner Alison Hernandez - (Devon and Cornwall Police/PA)

A police and crime commissioner has apologised for claiming that multiple human remains have been found in woodland at the centre of a murder investigation.

Alison Hernandez told a meeting of the Devon and Cornwall police and crime panel that “dead bodies” had been found in woodland at Sticker, near St Austell, and investigations were ongoing to establish exactly how many.

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