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04/05/2015

Andrew Manson, the manager of American Republic Wheels in Hallam, was surprised when he found a severed finger tip in the trailer of one of his utes.

THE owner of a severed finger found in a ute tray in Hallam has come forward.
He contacted police after media reports about the tip of a little finger with fingernail which was found on 27 April.
Police said the incident was the result of misadventure and that the man in his thirties was in “good spirits”.

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