The region's confirmation came four days after Jones's agent, Mark Spoors, revealed the player had signed on.

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Hassan Shatanawi, then from Hartlepool, has never revealed how he killed trainee travel agent Laura May Al-Shatanawi in 1994.

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Phillips' decision has come as a disappointment to Barnsley, who revealed they had made contact with the former England international and his agent when it became known he was available.

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