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£1.7mn for paralysed woman

A woman has received £1.7mn in compensation after she fell off a wall in a country park and broke her neck. The woman, a former magician with a circus, was left paralysed after the fall. She fell eight feet into a ditch from a wall which she had thought was part of the footpath. The wall, which had flagstones on the top, was surrounded by trees and bushes.

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