Body parts found in shark belong to missing boater who swam for shore



12:00 AM Fri 17 Sep 2010 GMT
'Tiger shark - body parts found' .
It happened to a fisherman, but it could just as easily have been a sailor, and the message is clear. In times of trouble, stay with the boat and don't be tempted to swim for shore. Two fishermen who disappeared while trying to swim for shore, leaving their friends in the boat, were almost certainly both taken by sharks, after some body parts found in a 3.6metre (12ft) tiger shark appear to belong to one of the men. It has been now confirmed by police that fingerprints match those of Judson Newton, who swam for shore with his friend Franklin ...


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by Des Ryan




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