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Blind author's novel saved by forensics team after pen runs out

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Blind author Trish Vickers has had her novel saved by police forensics officers.

The 59-year-old did not realize that her pen had ran out of ink and subsequently lost the last 26 pages of her book, according to The Daily Telegraph.

Her son Simon, who planned to read the novel back to her, broke the sad news that the end of the story was blank.

However, the manuscript was recovered by a team of police experts who worked for five months in their spare time to trace the indentations using a special system of lights.

Vickers said: "I could remember the gist of what I had written but there was no way I could have written exactly the same way again.

"I am so grateful. It was really nice of them and I want to thank them for helping me out.

"We battled with various ideas until we thought of the police. We rang them and asked to speak to their fingerprint section.

"They said if there was anything they could do they'd be happy to help. I was gobsmacked. I am so happy, pleased and grateful."

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