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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Brian Melley

Royal Air Force engineers shamed by judge over theft of Paddington Bear statue

Britain Paddington Purloined - (ASSOCIATED PRESS)

They didn't look after this bear.

In fact, two men who had been drinking kicked and yanked on a statue of Paddington, the fictional orphaned bear who came to England from Peru, until it broke in half. Then they took it.

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