Pensioner, 75, dies after 'every bone in his face broken' while tackling a youth vandalising a car - as man, 19, is charged
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Pensioner, 75, dies after 'every bone in his face broken' while tackling a youth vandalising a car - as man, 19, is charged

Daily Mail  

A pensioner who was left fighting for his life after confronting a youth for vandalising a car has died of his injuries, police said today. Anthony Jacob, 75, had every bone in his face broken after being attacked on December 10 outside his home in Weymouth, Dorset. Police at the scene on the night of the attack, with the area already cordoned off as a crime scene Police erect a forensics tent around a car with a smashed windscreen, believed to belong to Mr Jacob Traffic backs up as a policeman guards the entrance to the street where the attack took place The investigation has now been taken on by Dorset Police's Major Crime Investigation Team. Detective Chief Inspector Neil Third said: 'Following the sad death of Anthony Jacob, detectives from MCIT have now taken on this investigation.

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