He decided to become a lawyer because his grandfather, who worked the lift at a courthouse, admired lawyers.

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The jury at Newcastle Crown Court heard Mr Thompson worked as a "highly experienced" lift engineer for more than 40 years, 17 of those working for Derwent Lift Services Ltd.

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He worked as a delivery boy, a lather boy, a lift boy and a bell boy before entering the housepainting trade, mastering the crafts of graining and marbling just in time to be enlisted as a boiler-stoker in the Second World War.

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For nearly half an hour, Sal worked to stop the bleeding and help his friend breathe until the MEDEVAC arrived to lift the wounded from the ridge.

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He worked odd jobs, as a cart boy at a golf course, a ski-lift operator and a janitor (he uses his janitor ID as his Twitter avatar).

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