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Manchester council’s ex-chief executive called a property mogul a ‘massive Jewish b****nd’ amid city centre land negotiations, a court has heard.

Ben Rose, a property agent for major city centre landowners Weis Group, is suing Manchester City Council and Joanne Roney for £30,000 in damages.

Ms Roney, who left Manchester to become Birmingham City Council’s managing director last year, denies the allegation.

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On the first day of the court battle (October 20), Mr Rose told His Honour Judge Khan he was informed by Mark Powell that an undisclosed staffer at ‘the council’ referred to Mr Rose ‘as a ‘massive Jewish b****nd’ in June 2022.

However, Mr Powell did not hear the comment directly from Ms Roney, instead fro

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