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Mum of Brit killed by shark: 'Last thing I said was keep safe'

A British ex-pat has been killed by a great white shark off the coast of Byron Bay in Australia.

Paul Wilcox, 50, originally from Warwickshire, was swimming when the shark attacked him.

His mother, Marie: "I spoke to him 12 hours before this dreadful thing happened. The last thing I said to my son, as a mother you're always saying it, 'keep safe, keep safe'.

This clip is from 5 live Breakfast on 10 September 2014.

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