Category: Awareness
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© By Sophie Lewis | The Grooming Files | @sophielewiseditorial Part 5 of 5: The Female Predators Series Two teachers. Two convictions. Years of abuse that happened in plain sight. Catherine Pearl: Deputy head teacher. Safeguarding responsibility. Abused a student…
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© By Sophie Lewis | The Grooming Files | @sophielewiseditorial Part 4 of 5: The Female Predators Series Catherine Pearl: 2 years 4 months. Rebecca Joynes: 6.5 years. Both teachers. Both convicted child sex offenders. Both abused positions of trust.…
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© By Sophie Lewis | The Grooming Files | @sophielewiseditorial Part 3 of 5: The Female Predators Series Rebecca Joynes groomed two 15 year old boys. Catherine Pearl abused a teenage girl. Both were teachers. Both exploited positions of trust.…
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© By Sophie Lewis | The Grooming Files | @sophielewiseditorial Part 2 of 5: The Female Predators Series Catherine Pearl abused her victim over “a period of years.” She did so while serving as deputy head teacher at Didcot Girls’…
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© By Sophie Lewis | The Grooming Files | @sophielewiseditorial Part 1 of 5: The Female Predators Series She was 50 years old. A deputy head teacher. Trusted with safeguarding vulnerable girls. Catherine Pearl sexually abused a pupil for years,…
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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,…
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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…
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©️ 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…
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©️ 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 –…
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© 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.…
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© 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…
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© 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…
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© 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…
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©️ 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…
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©️ 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…
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