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1. 1. Man cleared after four years in jail for murder of drug dealer in Moss Side

   Manchester Evening News, Wednesday 18 May 2011 Tyrone Wong was locked up for 27 years in 2007 after being found guilty of shooting dead Ernest Gifford, who was blasted to death as his partner Amanda Hibbert and her two children cowered in the next room.

2. 2. Salford fugitive Sean Devalda jailed over security van robbery plot after arrest in Amsterdam

   Manchester Evening News, Tuesday 17 May 2011 Sean Devalda, 24, fled Salford for the continent while facing charges connected to a plot to raid a cash van in 2007. After four years at large the Serious Organised Crime Agency tracked him to Spain and then Holland where he was apprehended in a dramatic raid.

3. 3. Brothel millionaire to lose her home in payback order

   Manchester Evening News, Monday 23 May 2011 A woman who made more than £1m running brothels is set to lose her home – or be sent back to jail. Marcia Howard was jailed for keeping two brothels between 2004 and 2007 and laundering the proceeds.

4. 4. Review: Leona Lewis - MEN Arena

   CityLife, Monday 07 June 2010 Leona Lewis is, arguably, one of the finest pop recording voices in the world today. At Friday night’s M.E.N. Arena show she turned in the reliably faultless performance that marked her out as star-in-the-making back when she first appeared on the X-Factor in 2007 as a shy, giggly receptionist.

5. 5. Review: Leona Lewis - MEN Arena

   CityLife, Monday 07 June 2010 Leona Lewis is, arguably, one of the finest pop recording voices in the world today. At Friday night’s M.E.N. Arena show she turned in the reliably faultless performance that marked her out as star-in-the-making back when she first appeared on the X-Factor in 2007 as a shy, giggly receptionist.

6. 6. Drug addict who shot dead his sister is jailed again

   Manchester Evening News, Saturday 20 February 2010 Kasha Peniston, 19, killed his 12-year-old sister Kamilah while playing with a gun at the family home in Gorton in 2007 and has now been jailed again for nine years after he was convicted of drugs and firearms offences.

7. 7. Moss Side becomes a property hot-spot

   Manchester Evening News, Friday 16 February 2007 MOSS Side has beaten the odds to become one of Manchester's property hotspots of 2007. Some houses in the area have quadrupled in value since the millennium - and there is a massive waiting list for homes on the Alexandra Park estate.

8. 8. Rangers fans jailed after Manchester UEFA Cup Final riot

   Manchester Evening News, Friday 03 September 2010 A dozen football hooligans brought the worst night of violence to Manchester city centre since the blitz, a court heard.

9. 9. Mercy for ‘naive’ tattooist in £50k cash for crash con

   Manchester Evening News, Friday 27 January 2012 A motorist triggered a £50,000 ‘crash for cash’ scam – because he hadn’t realised he could get his car fixed for free.

10. 10. Jail for banned Astley businessman who ran up £600k debts

    Manchester Evening News, Wednesday 14 December 2011 Builder Alan Brackenridge was barred from running a business after he was made bankrupt for the second time in the late nineties. But the 58-year-old flouted the order by setting up a new family company where he secretly pulled the strings.

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