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BIZARRE: Scots man paralysed after falling through attic days before dream trip with girlfriend - What They Never Told You

An Edinburgh man was tragically paralysed after a horror fall just days before a dream trip abroad with his girlfriend.

Emma Hay, 39, was living with partner Iain, 49, in Edinburgh when she returned home to find he had fallen through their attic while packing for a sabbatical in the south of France in 2016.

The couple's lives drastically changed after the horror accident, as plans for Iain to run his own business abroad while Emma took leave from Heriot’s Junior School collapsed.

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