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Body recovered after police search of lakes


A MAJOR hunt for a missing West Malling pensioner turned into a tragic recovery operation when a body was discovered in Leybourne Lakes. Scores of police cars and ambu-


lances closed in on the waterfront near the Tesco filling station on LeybourneWay during themorn- ing rush hour onMarch 21. Streets andpathswere sealedoff


behind a blue cordon, and a police helicopterwas drafted in. Initially, officerswould only say


the emergency vehicles were con- nected to their “enquiries to locate amissing person”. But the arrival of a boat and po-


lice in drysuits, the erection of a blue evidence tent in the under- growth, and eyewitness reports of a body in thewater, left onlookers stunned by the tragedy. Charlotte Lynch said: “I walked


past the cars, itwas awful.” A police spokesman later con-


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firmed: “Alocalman in his 80swas locatedandwas subsequently pro- nounced deceased.His next of kin have been informed. “No suspicious circumstances


have been identified, and a report will be compiled for the coroner.” The casualty has been named lo-


cally as Frederick Thurygill (82), who had lived inWestMalling. His death is one of a series of tragedies at the beauty spot.


Police divers were called to Leybourne Lakes after reports of a body in the water


In 2008, teenager Brian Ander-


son’s bodywas recoveredfromthe water … his partner Darelle was found dead at the same location a fewweeks later. PaulGallihawk died at the lakes


in 2015 during a sporting event. And pensioner Frank Gore’s


body was found by the water’s edge in 2017. A coroner subse- quently ruled he had accidentally slipped and drowned.


News Fire hits barn


FIREFIGHTERS battled a barn blaze in Seven Mile Lane near Mereworth onMarch 11. Crews fromKent Fire and Res-


cue Service arrived on site just after 2.30pm. They found hay ablaze inside the building, and a tractor and trailer alight. Officers in two fire engines had


brought the flames under control by 3.41pm, but the building and tractor were destroyed. KFRS said there were no re-


ported casualties and the cause of the fire is not known.


Clamp drama


ANDREWScott became an inter- net sensation last month, when he clamped a bailiffwho partially blocked his drive with her car. The enforcement officer, who


had been working in East Malling,was filmed arguingwith 54-year-oldMr Scottwhen she re- turned to Bondfield Road to find her vehicle immobilised. The footage went viral online. Mr Scott eventually released


the car at the request of the po- lice, and the bailiff was asked to leave the area.


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