Heartache for WW2 hero, 106, after thieves steal his medals

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Heartache for WW2 hero, 106, after thieves steal his medals
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How could *anyone* do this?!

Thieves stole six medals awarded to him in the Second World War and three given to his father in the First World War

Leslie served during the North African campaign as one of the heroic Desert Rats fighting against the Nazis’ Afrika Corps.Having seen them stolen for the second time in five years, he added: ‘This is another kick in the teeth.’He said the missing medals ‘are no good to anybody else, but they proved I’d done my bit for the country’

‘They aren’t really worth anything but it’s the sentimental value of them – it’s like losing your wedding ring.’

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