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Dog finds 'smoking gun' from 160-year-old murder case buried in back garden

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Stanley, a beautiful farmer-bred dog, could have solved a crime committed more than 160 years ago, after the animal dug up a bottle of poison in the garden of his house.As the Guardian picks up, Paul Phillips, 49 years old, has revealed that Stanley found in the garden of his home in the town of Clyst Honiton, Devon (southeast of England) a bottle of blue glass with the words "Don't Take" written on one side.The discovery reminded Phillips of an…

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The execution of Mary Ann Ashford changed the Victorian England. A dog is now said to have found an object that gives an indication of the case at that time. 160 years ago, a murder case moved the people in the English county of Devon: A woman poisoned her husband and was sentenced to death for it. A dog could now have found a possible piece of evidence in the case. Labrador Stanley has dug up a small blue bottle in his own garden, his owner Pau…

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A Labrador made a strange discovery in an English garden that may be linked to a murder that happened more than 160 years ago.

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Stanley insisted on hiding a hole all the time in the same place. Paul quickly arranged the damages, until he realized that the dog had discovered a bottle of glass with the inscription "not to consume". Now the man believes that the thief could be linked to a murder committed more than 160 years ago.

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Metro News broke the news in London, United Kingdom on Thursday, March 19, 2026.
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