Tag: Child Protection
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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 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 | @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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A Statement from Sophie Lewis on Predator Exposure, Accountability Work, and Public Misinformation Why I’m Writing This This statement is not a defence.It’s not an apology.It’s a record, one that should have been written sooner. In the past year, I’ve…
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©️ 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…
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©️ 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…
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©️ 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…
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©️ 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…
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©️ 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…
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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 | @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,…
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©️ 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…
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