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after his ship was torpedoed by a German U-boat. Moody was an enforcer for the
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was found guilty of the murder of the Dixons in May 2011. The police were unable to establish what Moody had been doing since his return to
England, nor who had arranged a council flat for him. His flat was only traced three weeks after his death, by which time it had been completely emptied.
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Irishman". Now he was also wanted by the
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