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Last Updated: Monday, 11 August, 2003, 13:09 GMT 14:09 UK
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Beggar fights for right to beg in Manchester centre
A beggar has gone to court to defend his right to continue begging in Manchester. Leonard Hockey is challenging an injunction to ban him from begging. Rebecca Marston reports.

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