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Charles Wharton detained as special patient after murder of Hamilton boy

A man has been detained as a special patient following the death of an 8-year-old in Hamilton, with police having dropped him at the boy's house shortly before the attack.

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Charles Wharton has been detained as a special patient after the murder of an 8-year-old boy in Hamilton. Police had dropped Wharton at the boy's house just before the attack occurred.

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Charles Wharton detained as special patient after murder of 8-year-old Hamilton boy

Police dropped Charles Wharton at the boy's house just before the attack.

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