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The shocking tale of how Vinnie Jones buried alive a pet tortoise after landscaping his Wimbledon teammate's garden
After being signed to Wimbledon in the mid-1980s, the sportsman turned Hollywood movie star was enlisted by midfielder Wally Downes Sr to help with landscaping.
After being signed to Wimbledon during his footballing days in the mid-1980s, the sportsman turned Hollywood movie star was enlisted by midfielder Wally Downes Sr to help with landscaping at his new house. Writing in The Sun, Wally Jr recalled Vinnie and his Wimbledon teammates 'taking a sledgehammer to his freshly laid paving and rescued the bemused Lightning - who is somehow still going today - from the most miserable of deaths.' The new couple were brought together by the pandemic and Vinnie's farm in West Sussex - and she also became a star of the documentary series about his new rural life that aired on Discovery+ last November.
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