The Daily Mail – Harriet Sergeant

Part THREE: The unexpected reason behind London’s knife crime bloodbath – and how it’s turned murder into a moneymaking industry, writes Harriet Sergeant

A three-part special investigation by Harriet Sergeant who’s talked to gang members, grieving parents and horrified hospital staff In August, 2019, residents of Munster Square, a stone’s throw from London‘s Regent’s Park, were disturbed by desperate banging on their front doors in the dead of night. Alex Smith, a 16-year-old boy with a shock of brownContinue reading “Part THREE: The unexpected reason behind London’s knife crime bloodbath – and how it’s turned murder into a moneymaking industry, writes Harriet Sergeant”

PART TWO: Just 27 seconds of savagery left Charlie – and one of his killers – bleeding to death on a roadside. This chilling account exposes the sheer folly of Sadiq Khan’s softly-softly stance on knife crime

A three-part special investigation by Harriet Sergeant who’s talked to gang members, grieving parents and horrified hospital staff Yesterday, the Mail began a three-part investigation into the scourge of knife crimein the capital. Not for five years has London seen such a rapid rise – up 20 per cent in a year, with some 14,500 incidents recorded. Since SadiqContinue reading “PART TWO: Just 27 seconds of savagery left Charlie – and one of his killers – bleeding to death on a roadside. This chilling account exposes the sheer folly of Sadiq Khan’s softly-softly stance on knife crime”

PART ONE: London streets run with blood under virtue signalling Mayor Khan

A three-part special investigation by Harriet Sergeant who’s talked to gang members, grieving parents and horrified hospital staff Harry Pitman, 16 and 6ft 3in with a shock of red, curly hair and a broad, smiling face, travelled from his North London home in Haringey to enjoy the 2024 New Year fireworks. He made for fashionable Primrose Hill,Continue reading “PART ONE: London streets run with blood under virtue signalling Mayor Khan”

A genius for seducing the rich: Kids Company founder was expert at convincing wealthy to help vulnerable youngsters, says HARRIET SERGEANT

Nearly a decade has passed since I first met Camila Batmanghelidjh. She was holding a meeting with a dozen businessmen, and I watched astounded as she dazzled them with a lecture about her theories concerning emotional development and violent behaviour in young people. When she excused herself to take a call from one of theContinue reading “A genius for seducing the rich: Kids Company founder was expert at convincing wealthy to help vulnerable youngsters, says HARRIET SERGEANT”