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Andy Richardson

Benefits Street '50p man' moved to Glasgow after sledgehammer threat

A door-to-door salesman who appeared on Benefits Street set up home in Glasgow after being attacked with a sledgehammer in his native Birmingham.

Stephen 'Smoggy' Smith says he became a target for violence and abuse after appearing on the Channel 4 show and moved north to start again.

The 46-year-old was known as the '50p man' on the programme that first aired in 2014, and his entrepreneurial spirit captured the hearts of the nation.

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