Author: Sophie Editorial

  • An early and extreme example of vigilante-style targeting occurred in October 2015, when 42-year-old lorry driver Darren Kelly from Basildon was killed following online accusations. A teenage girl had initiated what was described as a personal campaign against suspected paedophiles,…

    When Protectors Mirror Predators: The Structural Failures of Vigilante Sting Operations
  • There’s a sentence in a recent Wales Online report that should chill anyone who actually understands safeguarding: The committee recognised the message could be seen as sexual but did not find any sexual intention. Read that again. Because what it…

    When Safeguarding Means “Prove He Meant It”
  • Opinion | Sophie Lewis | November 2025 Prisoners with epilepsy are dying at four times the rate of people in the community. Not because epilepsy is untreatable, but because the systems meant to keep them alive consistently fail to follow…

    We Already Know How to Stop These Deaths. We Simply Choose Not To.
  • ©️ By Sophie Lewis | The Grooming Files | November 2025 A damning new report from the Prisons and Probation Ombudsman reveals that prisoners with epilepsy are dying at alarming rates, with systemic failures in diagnosis, care planning and emergency…

    Dying Behind Bars: How Britain’s Prisons Are Failing People With Epilepsy
  • ©️ Sophie Lewis|Sophie Editorial Damning 200-Page Report Exposes How Authorities Enabled Britain’s “Most Prolific Sex Offender” to Abuse Over 2,000 Boys for 26 Years Warning: This release contains distressing content about child sexual and physical abuse. 12 November 2025 –…

    “YOU WERE HEARD, AND YOU WERE BELIEVED”: THE MEDOMSLEY SCANDAL
  • © By Sophie Lewis | The Grooming Files About This ResearchSophie Lewis is a final-year BA (Hons) Social Sciences student specialising in criminology, forensic psychology, and counselling. This research is conducted independently with full informed consent protocols and trauma-informed methodology.…

    Eddie B Update: 24 Months Under Investigation — The NFA That Raises More Questions Than Answers
  • © By Sophie Lewis | The Grooming Files 1. Surface Presentation Eddie positions himself as cooperative and even helpful: He frames himself as both victim (“I am not attracted to children… there [are] just thoughts I get”) and ally (“These…

    Part 3: Psychological Profile – Eddie B
  • © By Sophie Lewis | NUJ | Journalist | The Grooming Files A Case Study in Exposure-Seeking Behaviour When Eddie B first contacted me, it wasn’t to confess or apologise. It was to “expose others.” He pointed to online spaces…

    Part 2: Inside the Mind of Eddie B
  • © By Sophie Lewis | The Grooming Files Predator under CPS investigation! Sophie: Can I send you some questions about you please?Eddie: Sure. Q1. Why did you reach out to me — what made you pick me?Eddie: I watched one…

    Part 1: Eddie B — The Raw Interview
  • ©️ Opinion Piece – By Sophie Lewis We’re getting some predator stings wrong and the cost could be children’s safety. First, respect where it’s due: I take my hat off to the people who do this work. I couldn’t. It’s…

    Not All Predators Are the Same — And We Need to Talk About It
  • ©️ By Sophie Lewis | @sophielewiseditorial When I started The Grooming Files in March 2025, I thought I was starting a blog.In reality, I was building a weapon. It began with one mission, drag the early-internet grooming era into the…

    The Grooming Files — A Chapter Closes, The Work Lives On
  • ©️ By Sophie Lewis | @sophielewiseditorial I didn’t just survive the last two years. I walked through fire, fed it every illusion I had left, and came out with steel in my spine. I wanted more. Not the kind of…

    Two Years in the Forge: Closing the False Economy
  • ©️ By Sophie Lewis | The Grooming Files | @sophielewiseditorial The Porn Crisis They stole something sacred. We’re taking it back. After all we’ve exposed, the patterns, the silence, the pain, the final question is this: Where do we go…

    Part 8: Reclaiming Sex, Rewiring Minds
  • ©️ By Sophie Lewis | The Grooming Files | @sophielewiseditorial The Porn Crisis This isn’t curiosity. It’s collapse. They’re not exploring.They’re not experimenting.They’re not just “growing up in a digital world.” They’re being raised by porn.And they’re mimicking what they…

    Part 7: The Kids Are Not Alright
  • ©️ By Sophie Lewis | The Grooming Files | @sophielewiseditorial The Porn Crisis We know the damage. So why isn’t anyone stopping it? We’ve laid it bare. Porn is grooming young minds.It’s warping desire, escalating compulsion, fuelling harm. And yet……

    Part 6: Systemic Silence