I was stabbed and in a gang at school
19 Feb 2023
The two young men stopped me on my way home. I was near my home in southeast London, walking back after a long day of work at about 7pm in the evening. Give me your phone, he says. Ridiculously, I reply “no”. I was too old for this kind of thing. I knew people like this. I had once known people like this too well. I said again,