Rescued from Africa, adopted by Newcastle, inspiring journey ends

By Sam Rigney
Updated February 28 2015 - 8:45am, first published 3:00am
THRIVED:  Margaret Ilukol, attacked by a hyena as a girl, was ‘‘not someone to be pitied’’.   Picture: Allan Jolly
THRIVED: Margaret Ilukol, attacked by a hyena as a girl, was ‘‘not someone to be pitied’’. Picture: Allan Jolly

 MARGARET Rose Ilukol was eight when a hyena latched onto her head and dragged her from a hut in a remote village of north-eastern Uganda.

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