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| Mob kills UK gems expert in Kenya | Mob kills UK gems expert in Kenya |
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| A leading Scottish gemstone expert has been killed in Kenya by a gang armed with clubs, spears, bows and arrows. | A leading Scottish gemstone expert has been killed in Kenya by a gang armed with clubs, spears, bows and arrows. |
| Campbell Bridges, 71, was attacked by 20 men in the grounds of his 600-acre property near the southern town of Voi. | Campbell Bridges, 71, was attacked by 20 men in the grounds of his 600-acre property near the southern town of Voi. |
| He fought off the mob with his son Bruce and four Kenyan staff but died of his injuries on arrival at hospital. | He fought off the mob with his son Bruce and four Kenyan staff but died of his injuries on arrival at hospital. |
| Police are investigating the attack which is reportedly connected to a three-year dispute over access and control of Mr Bridges' gemstone mines. | Police are investigating the attack which is reportedly connected to a three-year dispute over access and control of Mr Bridges' gemstone mines. |
| Police said he was driving his pick-up truck in the grounds of his home within a national park when he was ambushed by about 20 men brandishing crude home-made weapons. | |
| Witnesses said his injuries were caused by stab wounds from a knife. No-one else was injured in the attack on Tuesday. | Witnesses said his injuries were caused by stab wounds from a knife. No-one else was injured in the attack on Tuesday. |
| Mr Bridges' body has since been flown to the capital Nairobi. | |
| He would stand up to anyone. He would have gone in with his fists flying if someone attacked him The Rev John EllisonVictim's friend | |
| A close friend, the Rev John Ellison, 72, from Alton, Hampshire, told the BBC Scotland news website that the internationally-renowned gemmologist would have put up a strong fight. | |
| "He was very fit, strong and confrontational but a lovely man nevertheless," he said. | |
| "He would stand up to anyone. He would have gone in with his fists flying if someone attacked him." | |
| He added that his "wonderful" friend had "a quick fuse if anyone was dishonest". | |
| Mr Bridges was brought up in Scotland but had lived in the African country most of his life. | |
| He is credited with discovering the green Tsavorite gem, a rare stone unique to the region, and also worked as a special consultant to the New York jewellers, Tiffany and Co. | |
| Mr Ellison revealed that Mr Bridges had previously been threatened as he owned mining rights and therefore knew where the deposits were. | |
| "He was very well known in Africa and the gemstone industry, which gave him a lifetime achievement award," he said. | |
| "He had a fund of stories and I was privileged to have been the first person outside his family to know of his discovery in 1971. This is terrible news." | |
| A UK Foreign Office spokesman said: "We can confirm the death of Campbell Bridges on 11 August following injuries sustained in an attack near Voi in Kenya. | A UK Foreign Office spokesman said: "We can confirm the death of Campbell Bridges on 11 August following injuries sustained in an attack near Voi in Kenya. |
| "British consular officials are liaising with the local authorities who have confirmed that an investigation is under way." | "British consular officials are liaising with the local authorities who have confirmed that an investigation is under way." |
| Mr Bridges leaves a wife, Judy, and two grown-up children, Laura and Bruce. | |