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Skyfall:TheAquapetsshop;The
roofatthebackofthebuilding Council tax
wherethemanfellthrough
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to be frozen
Boozed-up man falls through roof into fish tank
Counciltaxwillnotbegoingupin
Kingston this year, it has been
Adrunkplungedfeetfirstintoa byDAVIDLINDSELL havebeenagoodstory.” findhishouseandthathelived announced.
fishtankafterfallingthrougha Themanscrambledoutof the next door. He has admitted he KingstonCouncil,whichraised
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pet shop skylight in the early tank and up through the glass wasstupidandiscominginto the tax by an average of 52p a
hoursofthemorning. endedupina3ftx3ftfishtank. roofwherehewasconfrontedby apologisetous.Idon’twantto week last year, has accepted the
Theman,initiallythoughtto “Thefishareallright,butthe the store’s manager who lives rubitin.” Government’s grant to freeze its
be a burglar, was arrested at guy was arrested and taken to abovetheshopandwaswoken Detective Inspector Justin portion of the tariff for 12
about3amonSundayinanalley- Kingstonnickwherehesleptthe bythecrackofbreakingglass. Howick said: “He was given a months.
way near Aquapets Tolworth night. Manager Matthew Toner de- cautionforcriminaldamage.He It means residents living in a
after they spotted his sodden “Itwasamiraclehedidn’tkill clinedtoaddtotheman’sembar- hascausedareasonablysignifi- bandDpropertywillpay£1,678in
trousers. himself.” rassmentbydescribinghim.He cant amount of damage to the counciltaxthisyear.
Peter Hunt, the owner of Hesaidthefishtankcontained said: “I saw a big hole where roof and was reckless in so ButseniorcouncillorsattheLib-
Aquapets,said:“Unfortunately tropical fish, including angel thereusedtobearoof. doing,butclearlynotaburglar. eralDemocrat-controlledcouncil
heranacrossourflatroof,which fish, parrot fish, rainbow fish “Irandownandsawapairof “I can’t remember too many havewarnedthatthefuturelooks
hasafibreglasslightingparti- and kissing guaramis. But he legsgoingthroughtheroof. people falling through a roof “prettygrim”unlesstheGovern-
tion.Hefellstraightthroughand said:“Nopiranhas.Thatwould “Hetoldmehewastryingto intoafishtank.” ment stops cutting funding to
localauthorities.
For more on this story, see
tomorrow’sSurreyComet.
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Victim speaks of crash horror
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theSurreyComet byROSSLOGAN theairambulance–Iwason
[email protected] ‘Spooked’: somuchmorphineitknocked
DriverShibo meout.”
Get your copy Thewomanairliftedtohospi- Li,left Surgeonshadtopinametal
talafterbeinghitbyaBMW rodinherrightleg,aswellasa
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tomorrow driver who went the wrong KT77760 metalplateinherrightwrist.
waydownKingston’sone-way Shesaid:“Ihadfracturedmy
system,saidsheis“absolutely pelvisandhadacrackinmy
frightened”ofroadsfollowing backwherethepelvisjoins.I
NEWS herordeal. hadheadinjuries.
Osbourne’sprison beThneamwoemdaanndwhlioveasskwedithnohtetor lu“nIg,dwevheiclohpheaddtaracvleoltleidnfrmomy
move husbandinKingstonnearby, myleg.Ispentthreemonthsin
wasoneofthreepeoplestruck a wheelchair, and another
byShiboLionJuly8lastyear, threemonthslearningtowalk
 Tescotalkabout whenthe49-year-oldcareered withacrutch.
plansforTolworth out of Fife Road the wrong “Ineedalotof physioand
wayintoClarenceStreet. counselling – I have night-
MrLi,themanagerof Chi- maresallthetime.
 Couldindiebands neseMedicineandAcupunc- “Ican’tgooutbymyselfany-
ture in Fife Road, hit three more.IfIneedtogoanywhere
savetheRose?
pedestriansandcrashedintoa Ihavetoaskamemberofthe
double decker bus, before familytocomewithme.I’m
claiminghehadbeenspooked absolutely frightened of the
SPORT
byacyclist. roads.”
EsherthreatenSurrey Thewomanwasairliftedto Mr Li, of Melrose Avenue,
minirugbywalkout hospital with what para- Wimbledon,wasbannedfrom
medicsdescribedas“serious driving for six months and
leginjuries”,butthefullex- fined £300 by magistrates in
tentof thedamagehasonly December.
nowbeenrevealed. Shesaid:“Ifhe[Li]onlygot
She said: “My husband that then it means anybody
Wespeakto droppedmeoffnearthetraffic therewasalotof screaming nextthingIknowI’monthe “Mysonandhusbandhadto can go out and hit anybody
directorof lights. I was standing there goingon.Iturnedaroundto floor. There were police and watchallthat. andthinktheycangetaway
with my son and we were seeanditwasalreadytoolate. walkingdoctorsthenacycling “TheytookmetotheRoyal withit.
Donkey’s
crossingtheroad. Ithought:‘That’sit,I’mgone’. paramedic came and they LondonHospital. “It’s disgusting. To say he
Years “FromwhatIcanremember “I felt him hit me and the calledtheairambulance. “Idon’tremembergoingin panickedisn’tanexcuse.”
Correction
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portonJanuary16saida
KingstonCouncilequalities
assessmentintomovingthe
Crumpled:
KingstonWellbeingService
Thesceneof cost£40,000.Infactareview
thesmashin of possible new locations
Kingston’s wouldhavecostthatsum.
one-way The equality impact as-
systemlast sessmentdidnotcostany
July money.
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Councillor ‘frustrated’ over inquiry delay
A Kingston councillor at “I’m quite frustrated as initiallytookoverthecase
thecentreof aninvestiga- youcanimagine.AllIcan from Kingston Council,
tion into alleged benefit doisgooncarryingoutmy handed it back to the
fraudsaidhestilldoesnot day-to-dayduties. authority having allowed
know whether he will be “I’m at the mercy of the its own investigation to
prosecuted – almost two peopleinvestigating. timeout.
yearssinceaninquirywas “I wish I could tell you FormerKingstonCouncil
launched. what was going on, but leader Derek Osbourne
Independent Canbury Ireallydon’tknowwhat’s saidatthetimetheDWP’s
ward CouncillorTimDen- happening.” intervention had set the
nenhasbeenunderinvesti- Should the investigation process back by about six
gation since April 2012, find against him, he months.
althoughdetailsofthecase could be forced to resign CurrentleaderLizGreen
cannotbereleasedforlegal as a councillor and face said: “The last I heard it
reasons. prosecution. was with [head of corpo-
Coun Dennen stepped But Coun Dennen said: rate governance] Andrew
down as a member of the “I’minnocentuntilproven Bessant’sdepartment.
Liberal Democrat Party Investigation:TimDennen guilty. “I’ve heard nothing
and as chairman of the “Thelongeritgoesonthe since.”
Kingston neighbourhood yet to be revealed by better I guess, but the A spokesman for
committeeshortlybeforeit KingstonCouncil. wholethinghasbeenquite Kingston Council said:
wasrevealedbenefitclaims SpeakingtotheKingston shocking really, and I’ve “The investigation contin-
madebyhimwerebeingin- Guardian last week, Coun justgottowait.” uesandwehopetobeina
vestigated by Kingston Dennen, who receives The investigation was position to comment fur-
Council. £7,528ayearinmemberal- hampered last year when thersoon.
But22monthson,details lowances, said: “Truthful- the Department for Work “Investigations such as
of any further action are ly,Iknownothing. andPensions(DWP),which thisareoftencomplex.”
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Images:Thepioneeringmotionsequenceofphotographs,left,byEadweardMuybridge,above.Theimages
couldbeprojectedalongKingson’sriverside,right DeadlinepixKT82548
Muybridge nudes exposed
Artisticimagesofwomenpos- byROSSLOGAN workonourbuilding.” revolutionisingstillphotogra-
ingnudeforlegendarypho- Phase one of Riverside phythroughhisfamousmo-
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tography pioneer Eadweard Kingston is due to open in tion sequence technique,
Muybridge could soon be- those travelling along the April, bringing five popular whichpavedthewayformo-
come a familiar sight along Thames. restaurantchainstothetown tionpictures.
Kingston’sriverside. Developers Canadian and forthefirsttime–Cote,Busa- Despitetheculturalnodto
The company behind the PortlandEstateshopethatin ba Eathai, CAU, Comptoir Kingston’sheritage,Kingston
new Riverside Kingston time, the projection will be- LibanaisandBill’s. Society chairman Jennifer
restaurantdevelopment,next comeasrecognisablealand- Asixthunitinsidethefor- Butterworth was not im-
to Kingston Bridge, has an- markasDavidMach’sOutOf merThamesStreetcarpark pressed by the proposal to
nounced bold plans to com- Orderphoneboxsculpturein willbecalledRiverside-edge, beam his work across the
memorateoneof thetown’s OldLondonRoad. and feature six “pop-up” Thames.
mostfamoussonsbyembla- GregMiles,headof promo- restaurantsinitiallyrotating Shesaid:“Whatisbeingpro-
zoningitsbuildingwithstills tionsandanimationatCana- everysixmonths. posed will only make bad
from his Human Figures in dian and Portland Estates, Asecondphase,acomplete worse.
Motionproject,carriedoutin said:“Kingston ownsoneof remodelling of Bishop’s “It doesn’t matter if the
themid-1880s. theworld’slargestcollections House,isnotduetobeginfor ladiesarenudeornot.
The oversized black and of Muybridge’s images and anotherfiveyears,whenthe “We objected to the River-
white photographs would webelieve thisissomething leases of tenants Russell sidesign[ontopof thebuild-
greet visitors coming into Kingston should celebrate Cooke Solicitors and Mc- ing]andweobjecttoanything
town from Richmond over andwewantedtohonourthe Clusky’snightclubexpire. more making this site look
Kingston Bridge, as well as beautyandimportanceofhis Muybridgeiscreditedwith likeacinemashow.”
Town’s iconic sculpture damaged
Theartistbehindtheredtelephoneboxes
sculptureinKingstonconsideredlegalac-
tion over damage from a Cath Kidston
brandedsnowflakeChristmasmakeover.
DavidMach,thesculptorbehindOutof
Order, installed in 1987, did not know
about the redesign until town centre
managers Kingstonfirst contacted him
afterwards.
TheformerTurnerPrizenomineewas Spotted:TheCathKidstonmakeover;
relaxedabouttherevampuntilconserva- damageonthesculpture,below
tiongrouptheKingstonSocietytoldhimit DeadlinepixKT82547
mayhavebeendamaged. Butterworthsaid:“Weweredismayedthat
Lightredandgreyspotsarestillvisible thiswasbeingdonewithouttheartist’s
wherethedotsappeartohavebeenlifted consent,letaloneknowledge.
off. “I’myettobeconvincedthattheapplica-
AspokesmanforMrMachsaidtheartist tionof whitesnowflakesdidnotdamage
hadinitiallyconsultedasolicitoroverpo- theboxes.Thisparticularpieceofartwork
tentiallegalaction,buthassincedecided needshighmaintenanceifitistoremain
nottopursuethecase. witty and amusing, and not tatty. We
Shesaid:“Theydidsomethingwithout abhortheuseofitforadvertising.”
telling us first, then sent Mr Mach an AKingstonfirstspokesmansaid:“This
emailtellinghimaboutitwithapicture. was a hugely successful campaign for
“MrMachsatbackatfirstandsaidno Kingston–over700,000peoplehaveen-
problem,untiltheKingstonSocietygotin gagedonsocialmediaandonlinereally
touchtosaywhattheydidhaddamaged puttingKingstononthemap.
thesculpture. “Theprojectenabledthephoneboxes’
“Thenextstepforusistogoandhavea broken panels to be repaired and the
look.Davidwon’tbetoohappyiftheyhave phoneboxesaregoingtobecompletelyre-
repainteditthewrongcolour,butmaybe painted,puttingtheminthebestcondition
it’stimetotalktothecouncilandseewhat theyhavebeeninsincetheirlaunch.
theyhavetosay. “Thesetelephoneboxesareourversion
“There’snotmuchwecandoaboutit of‘IAmAmsterdam’–it’souriconicpiece
nowbutif theywanttodoanythingelse ofartwhereeveryvisitorhastheirphoto
withitthentheyshouldaskusfirst.” takenwithandsomething
KingstonSocietychairmanJennifer weshouldconstantly
promote and
celebrate.”
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Scout leader scales
new heights, at 86
byJONSHARMAN
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A scout leader who joined the
movementin1936wasthefirstto
scale a new climbing wall he
helpedbuildinTolworth.
Alan Thomas, president of 1st
Tolworth Scouts and formerly a
keen mountaineer, had donated
moneytothegrouptospendon
keepingitsmembersactive.
Adonationfromformerbeaver
scout leader Margaret Warry
helped the group complete the
wall’sinstallation.
MrThomas,wholivesinBerry-
lands,spentdecadesleadingscout-
ingexpeditionstoWales,theLake Newhigh:
DistrictandEurope. Onthe
He said: “The group came up wall
withtheideaofaclimbingwallbe- DeadlinepixKT81766
cause they knew my history of
mountaineeringwithscoutingfor
Helmet
morethan40years. – by my request he
“Theythoughtaclimbingwall gavemeabitofapull on:Alan
wouldbemuchtomylikingand up. Thomas
would fulfil the idea I had ex- “Thewallwasvery with
pressedaboutseeingyoungsters busywithyoungsters Margaret
enjoyingthefruitsofmyexpendi- tryingtoclimbit. Warry
turewhileIwasstillalive.” “Iverymuchen-
At a ceremony on Sunday he joyed seeing
scaledthewall–tobenamedafter what they
him–andrangabelltoofficially weredoing.
declareitopenforuse. “It went
Mr Thomas, 86, said: “The extremely
instructorhadmeonasafetyrope well.”
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Son jailed for taking
dead mum’s benefits
byJONSHARMAN
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A former bookkeeper has been
jailedforpocketing£68,000ofhis
deadmother’sbenefits,including
her winter fuel allowance and
statepension.
BrianDixon,65,waslivingina
housenowworthalmost£700,000
inDukesAvenue,NewMalden,as
hewastakingthemoney.
Hekeptquietaboutthefacthis
mother,Joanna,haddiedin2004,
andusedhispowerof attorney
overherbankaccounttopayoff
debtsincludinghismortgage.
Dixonwasfinallycaughtin2011 Caught:BrianDixon,inset,livedinthishouse DeadlinepixKT81751
andlastDecemberadmitteddis-
honestlytaking£68,035. the money immediately. It was including a blood disorder
Ajudgetoldhimhehadcom- whenhefoundhimself inades- thoughttobeleukaemia.
mitted“averydeterminedfraud” peratesituation. ButJudgeTappinghandedhim
ontheDepartmentforWorkand “He tried to keep his family asix-monthprisonsentencesay-
Pensionsoverseveralyears. rootedwheretheywere.” ing:“Theseoffencesaresoseri-
Judge Susan Tapping said MissMulhernsaidthings“spi- ousthatonlyimmediatecustody
Dixonsiphonedoff “averylarge ralledoutof control”forDixon, isjustified.”
sumof moneythepublicfunds adding: “Once he started, he
canhardlyafford”–someof it foundhimselfinapositionwhere
whileearning£50,000ayearatan hecouldn’tmakethingsright.” Benefitsclaimed
advertisingagency. Shesaid:“Hehas,throughhis
Defending, Kathleen Mulhern owndoing,suffered.Thishashad The£68,035included:
told Kingston Crown Court on a massive impact on him. He •Statepension:£49,449
January21thatDixonhopedto doesn’tliketogooutside.Hedoes- •Attendanceallowance:
paybackwhatheowedafterthe n’tliketobeseeninthestreets.” £16,655
sale of his house, worth some She asked the judge to spare •Winterfuelallowance:£1,800
£696,000,inthenearfuture. Dixonprison,sayinghesuffered •Christmasbonus:£130
Shesaid:“Hedidn’tstarttaking fromnumeroushealthproblems,