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Fighting for life, the old soldier who asked thugs not to swear; 'Traditional values': Stan Dixon, 60, served in the Army as a teenager.

Byline: Paul Sims

A FORMER soldier who asked thugs on a bus not to swear in front of alady was fighting for life last night after they attacked him.

Stan Dixon, 60, renowned for his traditional values, was travelling home withhis 41-year-old partner on Saturday evening when he heard the group's badlanguage.

He asked them to refrain from swearing in front of a woman - but the couplewere met with a torrent of abuse.

To avoid any further confrontation, they decided to get off at an earlier stopthan they had planned.

But as they stood at the doors of the bus, which was nearing Mr Dixon's home inHorden, County Durham, two of the gang pushed him in the back.

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