Category: Real Life Stories
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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 | 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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©️ 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…
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©️ 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…
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©️ By Sophie Lewis | The Grooming Files | Shadowborn Series No one crowns you here. No finish line. No angels singing. No perfect sunrise to mark the shift. One day, you just notice: You didn’t apologise for existing. You…
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©️ By Sophie Lewis | The Grooming Files | Shadowborn Series No one talks about what happens after the breakthrough. Not in real terms. Not in the mess. Everyone’s quick to talk about transformation, the high, the moment you see…
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©️ 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…
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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.…
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©️ 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.…
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©️ By Sophie Lewis | The Grooming Files | @sophielewiseditorial And nobody dares call it what it is… They call it “safeguarding.”They call it “protection.”They call it “in the child’s best interest.” But when thousands of children are forcibly removed…
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Part 5 of The Record They Buried – And the Woman Who Survived It You don’t end up with over 1,000 pages of care records by mistake. That kind of trail only exists when someone has cried out for help…
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Part 4 of The Record They Buried – And the Woman Who Survived It Kerry survived the kind of childhood that should have made her safety a lifelong priority. She was beaten, sexually abused, neglected, and lied about while social…
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Part 2 of The Record They Buried – And the Woman Who Survived It “Only marginally looked after.”“Would be better in care.”“Emotionally deprived.”“Clothes dirty. Hair matted. No stimulation at home.”“She was very frightened when I spoke to her.”“Pam said she…
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©️ By Sophie Lewis | The Grooming Files | @sophielewiseditorial In 2025, two men messaged me out of the blue. They weren’t groomers pretending to be something else.They weren’t trying to cover their tracks.They told me outright: “I’m a danger…
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© By Sophie Lewis | The Grooming Files | @sophielewiseditorial What Happens When You Expose a Predator — and Nobody Listens I didn’t expect applause.But I didn’t expect silence either. Not after this. Two predators.Both came forward.Both admitted they were…
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