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SWLSfall – By Ed Chatterton and Paul Jenkins A pensioner left injured following a fall outside her home has been denied a council payout – because the pavement was 1/4 INCH too low. Jean Murphy, 75, suffered a broken wrist and facial injuries after tripping in the street outside her house in Yew Tree, West Mids., on April 12 last year. The offending paving stone on Cherry Tree Avenue was raised by a tree and protrudes by what Sandwell Council say is three quarters of an inch. However if the pavement had been raised by one inch – just 6.3…