Local DIY tragedy

- Sun 28th Oct 2007

Today's "News of the World" stated that a Hayling Island DIY enthusiast who was building a traction device to alleviate his wife's neck pain, accidently hanged himself whilst testing the workings of it.

Pensioner,John Burton had constructed a wood and rope device in his shed on Hayling. His wife managed to remove the traction device, but it was too late.
A sad conclusion.

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