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- ↑ http://www.ukgameshows.com/ukgs/God%27s_Gift God's Gift - UK Gameshows
- ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jbc5H2Mix98 Video of edition of God's Gift featuring Oldfield
- ↑ Rashid Razaq (2 May 2008). "First Winner Of The Mr Gay UK Contest Has Been Charged With Murder". The Evening Standard (London).
- ↑ "Former Mr Gay UK who killed and cooked victim guilty of murder". PinkNews. 17 October 2008. Archived from the original on 19 October 2008. Retrieved 18 October 2008.
- ↑ "Cannibal chef jailed for 30 years". CNN.com. 20 October 2008. Archived from the original on 23 October 2008. Retrieved 21 October 2008.
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