KILLER dolls were handed out to more than 120 children by an unsuspecting Santa.
And Burnley trading standards department urged parents to return the gonks before tragedy struck.
The gonk dolls were seized from Santa's market hall grotto after one grandad complained that the stuffing was coming out the toy.
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