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FOXING DAY

31 Dec 2019News

Outspoken lawyer Jolyon Maugham QC provoked an investigation by the RSPCA this Christmas after tweeting that he had killed a fox with a baseball bat while wearing his wife's 'too small green kimono' on Boxing Day. Maugham is no stranger to controversy, having taken a prominent anti-Brexit stance in recent months and been involved in the challenge against Boris Johnson's prorogation of parliament. The offending festive tweet, dubbed 'distressing' by the RSPCA, read: 'Already this morning I have killed a fox with a baseball bat. How's your Boxing Day going?' SJ 27 December 2019

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