Michael Heseltine confesses to strangling mother's dog

Tory peer says he took action after Kim the alsatian started biting him

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EDITOR'S NOTE: Lord Heseltine has since denied killing his mother's dog himself. He says the dog went "limp" but was "perfectly alright". However, the next day they took the dog to the vet and had it put down. "Everybody was very sad; we loved him," he said.

Michael Heseltine, the former Tory deputy prime minister, has confessed to strangling his mother's alsatian.

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