For years Dominic Noonan traded on his gangland reputation, confident his notoriety would help conceal his dark secret. But his infamy wasn't enough to stop the rumours swirling around Manchester's criminal underworld.
Police, fellow villains and even, it was said, members of his own family had long suspected Noonan was a predatory sex offender with a predilection for young boys. But his sickening crimes had never been proved in a court of law.
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