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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 He Licked His Lips While Watching A LITTLE GIRL — and He Was Operating The Fucking Ride Barry Island.A warm summer day.Families lined up, kids squealing with joy, adults sipping drinks…
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©️ By Sophie Lewis | The Grooming Files | Shadowborn Series There comes a point in your healing where you realise… it’s not just about you anymore. Not because you’ve finished, no one ever really finishes, but because you’ve become…
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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 You think you’re healing. You feel lighter. Stronger. The storm passed, the ground’s still, your soul’s been through hell and back, and lived. But then it comes. Not as…
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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 | Shadowborn Series Before I ever thought of healing, I was just trying to get through the day. Not with purpose. Not with mindfulness. Just survival. My body was functioning, but my…
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©️ By Sophie Lewis | The Grooming Files | Shadowborn Series There’s a part of healing no one warns you about, the part where the sadness burns off, and underneath it, there’s rage. Not irritation. Not restlessness. Rage. The kind…
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©️ By Sophie Lewis | The Grooming Files | Shadowborn Series This isn’t about love and light. This isn’t some soft-lit reel with ambient music and the word ‘healing’ in cursive. This is for the ones crawling through it. The…
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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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©️ By Sophie Lewis | The Grooming Files | @sophielewiseditorial Let’s cut through the bullshit. For years now, a very specific narrative has been pushed around grooming gangs in the UK — one that focuses almost exclusively on Asian or…
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© By Sophie Lewis | The Grooming Files | @sophielewiseditorial A brutal comparison the system doesn’t want you to make If a man was found online trying to radicalise a 12-year-old into violence, the state would respond with force: But…
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©️ By Sophie Lewis | NUJ-accredited Journalist | The Grooming Files The Message That Shouldn’t Have Happened It didn’t start with a sting. It didn’t start with a victim. It started with a message no one should ever receive: “You…
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© By Sophie Lewis | The Grooming Files | 23 June 2025 A prisoner who died in custody at HMP Swansea last week has now been formally identified as Lee Draper, born 9 April 1984, the Ministry of Justice has…
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© @sophielewiseditorial | The Grooming Files | By Sophie Lewis The death of a prisoner, Lee Draper at HMP Swansea has been officially confirmed by the Prisons and Probation Ombudsman (PPO). The incident occurred on Wednesday 19 June 2025. Until…
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