Chapter 1

I was living in London 27 yrs old drinking and doing d ... gs and petty crime on a daily basis. I didn't have a formal address was sl ... ping on friends hostel floors and friends sofas. I was on benefits and could be regarded as underclass of society one level bellow the working class, my friends also were also all in the same boat, i knew all the local junkies and alkies dealers and pimps i suppose you could describe me as "chav" scum. I was the oldest of our group of no-gooders. We ranged in ages from teen to early 20's me being the oldest as stated previously at 27. I was mostly drinking cans of cheap white cider 50p a can and smoking crack.

I had moved to london two years previous from up north. I used to sit in the local park bench next to all the other no-gooders in the summer our numbers could swell to 30 this including the older alkies and addicts in there 30's 40's 50's 60's etc it could get quite crazy some days and the police were never far away. It was sitting on one of these park benches i first set eyes on Shelly she had just turned 16, although i didn't know this at the time. She was with my mates little s ... r Gina who was 13, and looking at Shelly she looked older by not by much, it was a hard one to call.