Manchester gathered together to joyfully celebrate some of its heroes, but the importance of what they do for the city was brought into sharp focus by one mother who lost her son to violent knife crime - "it’s us that serve the life sentence."
The city honoured its finest at the annual Be Proud Awards on Friday night at the Midland Hotel (March 3), created by Manchester City Council to reward the extraordinary volunteers and unsung local champions who make a real difference for their neighbourhoods. Among them was Kelly Brown, the mother of teenager Rhamero West who was stabbed to death in broad daylight.
Three men were jailed for life for Rhamero's murder in Old Trafford in September 2021. He was chased down by a 'pack of wolves' before he was fatally knifed on Norton Street, heard the court case, as a senior detective said it was a 'miracle' that members of the public were not caught up in the terrifying incident.
