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Article: THE LAKE GARDA DEATH TRIAL.(News)

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Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland)
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November 1, 2001
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Byline: CHARLIE GALL in Brescia, Italy

A SCOTS tourist told yesterday how a boy of six died in his arms after 12 hours clinging to a capsized pleasure boat.

John Lilley said: "He was coldest because he was the smallest. I kept him inside my arms.

"The last few hours were very desperate. I had him close to my chest and I realised he had stopped breathing."

Lilley, 47, spoke in an Italian courtroom, where he is charged with the manslaughter of little Luke Harris and the boy's father and brother.

All three died after being caught in ...

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