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    BBC Breaking News‏Verified account @BBCBreaking 26 Aug 2016

    Three men accused of selling horsemeat as beef in 2012 to be charged with fraud, UK prosecutors sayhttp://bbc.in/2bl9iAS 

    6:13 AM - 26 Aug 2016
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      1. Anthony Moule‏ @TonyMoule47 26 Aug 2016
        Replying to @BBCBreaking

        4 years to get to that, no wonder lawyers are well off!!

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      1. David‏ @davelav5 26 Aug 2016
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        @BBCNews "how do you plead?" "Nayyyyyyy guilty"

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      1. Maximus‏ @lifeofmaxi 26 Aug 2016
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        After 4 years? I take it they cashed out their profits and moved it out. Sweet deal. -_-

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      1. Jake.‏ @TheJakeJackson1 26 Aug 2016
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        @BBCNews Turns out you can't flog a dead horse.

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      1. Ian Skinner‏ @Isky11 26 Aug 2016
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        @BBCNews Nay! I do t believe it!

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      1. Callum Schooling‏ @CSchoolingSmith 26 Aug 2016
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        @BBCNews that'll teach em for horsing around

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      1. Drinkin beer‏ @Hazeydavey69 26 Aug 2016
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        my French colleagues never did understand this 'scandal'...horse is more expensive than cow...so better value?

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      1. Richard J. Carnevale 🌟 🌟 🌟‏ @DaleNetherway 29 Aug 2016
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        @BBCNews THEY WERE JUST HORSING AROUND

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      1. ToryPaedoProtectors‏ @capilanoboi 26 Aug 2016
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        @BBCNews ...but the same number of arrests as WMDs were found in Iraq after #Chilcot report. #Illegalwar #bloodonhands

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      1. Mo Fei Chen‏ @DynaMoChen 26 Aug 2016
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        - In their defense, there was no chance of people getting Mad Cow disease.

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      1. paul clarke‏ @paulclarke38 26 Aug 2016
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        @BBCNews what punishment they get crap

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      1. maus‏ @testmaus0 28 Aug 2016
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        such faith in the prompt delivery of the bleeding obvious #ilovethelaw

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      1. Hbgfghj‏ @Hbgfghj1 28 Aug 2016
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        @BBCNews whats the problem with horse meat, some say its the taste of heaven.!!!

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      1. ian gray‏ @iangray71 27 Aug 2016
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        fishmongers selling Thai fish as cod is the same, people want what they pay for..

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      1. WhisperandShout‏ @WShout 27 Aug 2016
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        great news but I won't back fast track legal action to be first past the post next time

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