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Judge Rules Anthony Dugdale Dead After Drowning Accident
1/22/2026
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Story summary
- A judge declared Anthony Dugdale dead, ruling he drowned in the English Channel, enabling the administration of Dugdale's £33,000 estate.
- Dugdale went missing in 2004 during a trip to France and was 43.
- Evidence links Dugdale and his friend Richard Patwell to a botched drug-smuggling operation.
- Police concluded Dugdale likely drowned after being struck by a container ship.
- Patwell’s fate remains unknown.
