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The veteran investor, known as the Oracle of Omaha, told his company's annual meeting he would hand over the reins to Vice-Chairman Greg Abel.

“He was alone and must have noticed that something wasn’t right,” Aiden’s grandfather, Abel Sanchez, 57, said.

Bill Abel, chairman of Alderney States Policy and Finance Committee, said an older population was not necessarily a drain on States funds because many residents had "their own monies and pensions".

During the challenge, he is also due to bungee jump off Auckland Harbour Bridge, canyon swing in Queenstown and sky dive in Abel Tasman.

Instead of a modern reworking of the Cain and Abel story, this revival offers something more subdued — a TV movie pleading for sympathy.