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Kieran Guilbert

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

Two engineers with the UK's Royal Air Force (RAF) who broke a statue of Paddington Bear while drunk on a night out were criticised by a judge on Tuesday for being the "antithesis" of everything the bear stands for.

Daniel Heath and William Lawrence, both 22, admitted in Reading Magistrates’ Court that they were responsible for the act of vandalism on 2 March in Newbury, the hometown of Paddington creator Michael Bond.

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