'Fearless' solicitor who hired a bus to tell Donald Trump to go home dies aged 74

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A 'fearless' solicitor who drove round Manchester in a double-decker bus telling Donald Trump to go home has died, aged 74. Mary Monson passed away last Saturday, March 26, in Spain, after a short illness.

Born in London to two Irish immigrant parents, Mary moved to Manchester in 1975 to begin a career in law, quickly finding herself the object of “old-fashioned sexism”.

As soon as she’d completed her legal training Mary founded her own firm, despite not having any experience running her own business, to break away from the men asking why she didn’t “dress sexy” in the office and to kick start her career in her own way.

She was quickly plunged into the world of Salford Magistrates Court, becoming struck by the sheer poverty and doing her best to tackle it. READ MORE: CBBC star Chelsie Whibly, 30, dies after battle with cystic fibrosis as husband pays tribute to "gorgeous inspiration" Mary always fought for her clients and their right to a fair and honest hearing, often going up against police officers and local authority groups to ensure the people she represented were given fair hearings with all the facts on the table so they could be judged for their actions alone, and regularly seeing cases dismissed after uncovering the full story behind situations.