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How long would these children’s book villains go to prison for?

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By Thomas Connelly on

If Lord Voldemort somehow ended up in a real court he would go down for a whopping 134 years and six months, while Captain Hook would get off with a comparatively light 38 years, a study has found.

The full results of the research by LoveReading.co.uk, which considers the crimes of 16 children’s book villains, are below…

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