Shopkeeper slams attackers lenient sentence

A SHOPKEEPER who was beaten-up outside his own business has slammed his attackers' sentence.

Off-licence owner Khalid Hussain, who used to run the Premier Convenience Store on Oldham Road, claims the trauma of being attacked left him "unable to cope" and he was forced to shut his shop just four months after the attack - leaving him thousands of pounds out of pocket.

 



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