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"ref": "2003, Dave Courtney, The Ride's Back On, page 174",
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"ref": "2008, Kate Harrison, The Secret Shopper's Revenge",
"text": "The look he gives me makes me realise I've lost him. 'Why would my uncle steal from his own brother for fifteen years? I've never found the reason, but I've heard every single excuse, courtesy of my friends living at Her Majesty's Pleasure.'",
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"ref": "2014 April 25, “Star comment: Youths in prison still need care”, in Shropshire Star (UK)",
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