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A woman launched a brick at a man's head after he refused to give her money.

Joanne Boyd, 46, attacked the man, who uses a wheelchair, on May 7 this year. As she approached him outside a shop in Openshaw, he told her to 'stay away from him' due to previously dealings with her, Manchester Crown Court heard.

Boyd then began shouting at him, and at one stage threw a cabbage at him. The man then moved away from the area but was quickly followed by Boyd who picked up a brick from a nearby skip.

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"She struck him in the head with it," said prosecutor Andrew MacKintosh. The victim was able to flag down a passing police car, who arranged for him to be taken to hospital. He suffered a swelling to his face, which was later found to be

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