Former Coca-Cola boss who took £1.5m in bribes walks free

A Coca-Cola manager who took more than £1.5m in backhanders for dishing out vastly inflated contracts to corrupt company bosses was spared jail today (thurs). Noel Corry, 56, accepted Man United executive season tickets and sponsorship payments for his local football team, Droylsden FC. Corry was a senior engineering manager responsible for identifying electrical contractors for bottling plants across the UK. But he ensured a string of contracts went to three firms including engineering firm Boulting Group, while working as…