After thirteen attempts at reaching help from the police went unnoticed, and I was arrested for the ninth subsequent time in less than a year- as a result of the police’s fury and resentment towards me for refusing to snitch on the gang- I decided to make a complaint to Professional Standards. By this point it was glaringly obvious that the police had ignored my pleas for help to use me as bait. I had unwittingly become their informer, but not known that at the time. As I’ve

A lot of the feedback I get from this blog is in relation to my anonymity. There seems to be a lot of concern about this particular area. You need to take into account that these individuals do not even realise what they are doing is wrong. Short of printing their full name, I can assure you that they will never associate themselves with the individuals who I write about in this blog. This gang took over my home for 7 months, we were not associated beforehand and we have not

It’s easy for us to understand the reasons so many young adults are drawn to the world of County Lines, when they are being given promises of friendship, power, money and status. It’s far more difficult to understand why those young adults remain fiercely loyal once those promises are quickly, and inevitably broken. If your reason for joining a County Lines gang is because you need to make money; why continue risking your life and your freedom when you aren’t making any? The

I am Grammar school educated, I passed my GCSE’s and gained 5 A-Level’s, I achieved a degree; yet apparently I have no braincells whatsoever. I am a newly married woman. Unfortunately my husband has a criminal record. I knew of this before we married. I wasn’t phased; I have one too now for being prosecuted for possessing 3 bags of heroin. I don’t judge. This morning, my husband and I were laying in bed discussing this blog, and my pitiful attempts to spread the word about Co

It’s imperative that you speak using the correct terminology; so begin addressing people as “fam”, “G”, or “cuz”. More importantly, you now refer to yourself in the third person using the word “mans”. I.e. “mans got p’s to make ennit fam” Always remember to use words such as “ennit”, “safe” or “nuff love” at the end of every sentence Use the correct vocabulary- “whip” is a car. “Creps” are trainers. A “bando” is a house. A “strap” is a gun, a “shank” is a knife… you get the p