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  • The Generation the Internet Groomed — And the System Forgot

    ©️ By Sophie Lewis | The Grooming Files | @sophielewiseditorial We were the first kids online. Dial-up tones. MSN Messenger. Webcams balanced on bulky monitors. No rules. No warnings. No one watching. And the predators? They found us before our parents…

    The Generation the Internet Groomed — And the System Forgot

  • Protest Outside HMP Swansea Highlights Prison Failings as Former Inmates Speak Out

    Saturday 12th July 2025 – ©️ By Sophie Lewis | @sophielewiseditorial Campaigners gathered outside HMP Swansea on Saturday to raise awareness of systemic failings inside Welsh prisons, amid mounting concerns over deaths in custody, staff misconduct, and widespread drug abuse.…

    Protest Outside HMP Swansea Highlights Prison Failings as Former Inmates Speak Out

  • Part 12: The Cyber Predator — When Distance Doesn’t Diminish the Damage

    ©️ By Sophie Lewis | @sophielewiseditorial He’s never met her.Never touched her.Never left his room. But he knows her name, her school, her secrets, her fears.And he’s got the photos to prove it. This is the Cyber Predator — the…

    Part 12: The Cyber Predator — When Distance Doesn’t Diminish the Damage

  • Part 11: The Vindictive Offender — When Abuse Becomes Revenge

    ©️ By Sophie Lewis | @sophielewiseditorial He didn’t abuse because he lost control.He did it to hurt someone else. This is the Vindictive Offender — the predator who uses sexual abuse as a weapon of revenge, punishment, or emotional destruction.He…

    Part 11: The Vindictive Offender — When Abuse Becomes Revenge

  • Part 10: The Ideological Predator — When Abuse Is Framed as Belief

    ©️ By Sophie Lewis | @sophielewiseditorial He doesn’t hide in shame.He doesn’t spiral with guilt.He speaks with conviction. “Children can consent.”“It’s love, not abuse.”“The system’s wrong — not me.” This is the Ideological Predator — the most dangerous kind of…

    Part 10: The Ideological Predator — When Abuse Is Framed as Belief

  • Part 9: The Bystander-Predator — When Silence Protects the Abuser

    ©️ By Sophie Lewis | @sophielewiseditorial He didn’t touch anyone.He didn’t send the message.He didn’t commit the crime. But he saw the signs.He heard the disclosures.He knew what was happening. And he did nothing. This is the Bystander-Predator — the…

    Part 9: The Bystander-Predator — When Silence Protects the Abuser

  • Part 8: The Predator-By-Design — When the Role Is the Strategy

    ©️ By Sophie Lewis | @sophielewiseditorial He’s not sneaking through back doors.He’s walking straight in with a lanyard and a DBS certificate. He’s a foster carer.A social worker.A teacher.A youth pastor.A residential home worker.A volunteer in “safeguarding.”A police officer leading…

    Part 8: The Predator-By-Design — When the Role Is the Strategy

  • Part 7: The Situational Offender — He Wouldn’t Normally… Until He Did

    ©️ By Sophie Lewis | @sophielewiseditorial He’d never fantasised about children.He wasn’t a known predator.He didn’t plan anything in advance. But the child was there. Alone.The door was shut.Nobody was watching. And in that moment — he made a choice.…

    Part 7: The Situational Offender — He Wouldn’t Normally… Until He Did

  • Part 6: The Exposure-Seeker — The Predator Who Wants You to See

    ©️ By Sophie Lewis | @sophielewiseditorial He slid into your inbox — not to deny what he did, but to admit it.He said he was a danger to children.He asked if you’d publish his confession.He begged to be tracked, punished,…

    Part 6: The Exposure-Seeker — The Predator Who Wants You to See

  • Part 5: The Networker — The Predator Who Builds a World of Harm

    ©️ By Sophie Lewis | @sophielewiseditorial He doesn’t act alone. He doesn’t have to. The Networker predator isn’t just abusing — he’s collaborating. Trading. Recruiting. Sharing techniques. He operates like a businessman, a trafficker, a strategist. And sometimes, like a…

    Part 5: The Networker — The Predator Who Builds a World of Harm