Frontline London: Ricky was three when his father threw him off a third-floor balcony... - London - News - London Evening Standard

Frontline London: Ricky was three when his father threw him off a third-floor balcony... - London - News - London Evening Standard

Ricky, 20, a former member of a notorious south London criminal gang, emerged from under his duvet, naked from the waist up, while his girlfriend Ruby, 19, decamped to the bathroom. He lifted the makeshift curtain, a black sheet nailed to the wall, to let the daylight in and began to roll a spliff. “My morning wake up,” he said. “Gets me sorted for the day.” ... Around that time, Ricky was expelled from his high school in Kennington ...