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Jolyon Maugham reveals sinister side after beating fox to death

ANTI-BREXIT campaigner Jolyon Maugham QC has baffled the country after announcing on Boxing Day that he beat a fox to death with a baseball bat while wearing his wife’s kimono.

The prominent anti-Brexit lawyer posted a tweet on Boxing Day that said: “Already this morning I have killed a fox with a baseball bat. How’s your Boxing Day going?”

Offering further details in subsequent tweets, he added that he was wearing his wife’s “too small green kimono” while he beat the animal to death.

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