Shoppers were left horrified after a brawl erupted at Manchester’s Christmas market on Sunday afternoon.
Dougie Joyce and Simon “Slimey” McGinley were filmed clashing in Exchange Square outside Selfridges at around 4.35pm, with stunned shoppers watching as the pair grappled and tumbled to the ground.
A spokeswoman for Greater Manchester Police confirmed officers responded to reports of a disturbance at 4.35pm on Sunday but the incident appeared to be over when they arrived.
Officers spoke to both men but “neither would disclose anything”, the men left and no complaints were made.
During the confrontation, one of the men could be heard shouting “Get it up there son, who are you?” as he launched into the attack.
He threw multiple punches before his opponent grabbed hold of him, sending both men tumbling to the pavement.
Mr Joyce is a friend of former Prime Minister Liz Truss, and once posed with her in a video to promote his new line of whisky.
Mr McGinley claimed victory after the fight and said: “Dougie Joyce, you came tonight to the Christmas market and you’re acting now a bit of a blackguard.”
Shoppers were left horrified after a brawl erupted at Manchester’s Christmas market on Sunday afternoon.
Dougie Joyce and Simon “Slimey” McGinley were filmed clashing in Exchange Square outside Selfridges at around 4.35pm, with stunned shoppers watching as the pair grappled and tumbled to the ground.
A spokeswoman for Greater Manchester Police confirmed officers responded to reports of a disturbance at 4.35pm on Sunday but the incident appeared to be over when they arrived.
Officers spoke to both men but “neither would disclose anything”, the men left and no complaints were made.
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During the confrontation, one of the men could be heard shouting “Get it up there son, who are you?” as he launched into the attack.
He threw multiple punches before his opponent grabbed hold of him, sending both men tumbling to the pavement.
Mr Joyce is a friend of former Prime Minister Liz Truss, and once posed with her in a video to promote his new line of whisky.
Mr McGinley claimed victory after the fight and said: “Dougie Joyce, you came tonight to the Christmas market and you’re acting now a bit of a blackguard.”
Manchester Christmas markets descended into a violent brawl
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He said he had “not even a black eye” from the scrap. He added: “But Dougie Joyce, I knocked you out on your a** with two or three belts.”
Claiming his own victory, Mr Joyce said: “The beating that I give Simey McGinley, and this is on my mommy’s life, my sons’ lives, my beautiful little girls’ lives, he didn’t know what day it was.
“The fella with two pigs eyes got smashed and knocked out and didn’t know what day it was. Simey, I bet you didn’t think Dougie Joyce could hit like that did you?!
“Simey, Simey, Simey, you’re an embarrassment mate.”
Slimy McGinley love it !l