Dougie Joyce and Simon ‘Simey’ McGinley were involved in a scrap in Exchange Square, Manchester (Image: MEN)

A section of Manchester's Christmas markets ground to a halt on Sunday evening when two well-known Travellers with a long-standing feud became embroiled in a brawl in front of stunned onlookers. The altercation broke out in Exchange Square outside Selfridges at 4.35pm when hardman Dougie Joyce, recently freed from prison, and his long-standing rival Simon 'Simey' McGinley clashed outside the upmarket department store.

The opening moments of the confrontation, filmed and circulated online, showed the duo fighting before tumbling to the ground. Following the incident, Openshaw-raised businessman Joyce - an unlikely associate of Liz Truss - and McGinley both declared themselves the

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