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Manchester Evening News
Manchester Evening News
National
Damon Wilkinson

How gangster Dessie Noonan ran the far right out of Manchester - and boasted of 27 killings

It's 1993 and the far-right are trying to get a foothold in Manchester. The British National Party has recently started a branch in the south of the city, but they're meeting fierce resistance from Manchester's militant anti-fascists.

A meeting between the two warring sides is set up in a Moss Side pub. In attendance is one of Manchester's most infamous gangsters, a man rumoured to be linked to more than two dozen murders. And it's said he left the BNP in no doubt whatsoever that their presence wasn't welcome in his city.

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