Nicole’s story: the child victims of UK drug gangs - BBC News 

Why the hell is no one on trains asking why a little girl is travelling by herself long journey, not enough people looking out for youngsters.

the older generation have been dismal in their basic responsibility to look after young people. bravo nicole for speaking out, that takes courage

Well done to Nicole for speaking out and well done for her teacher who did the right thing and went above and beyond for a child in need.

Well done Nicholle for spreading your word, your bravery is being noted.

This kid has guts great job

Monitor parents to ensure they are actually caring for their children. Problem solved.

We can only imagine the abuse and regularity of it.

The BBC stood and watch all the child victims of Saville when it suited them

This is a community problem the individuals getting children to do this should be named and shamed like pedophiles do their needs to be more outrage

Police don't take drugs related phone calls as first priority unfortunately that's why people like Nicole do what they do.

Thank you Nicole for sharing your story . She is an incredible woman . She is so strong . She is so brave . I wish her all the best for the future 💕💕

Empowering young soul.

Oh! My goodness gracious! This is really very disappointing and really sad! But i think that Nicole is such a BRAVE girl to escape from those drug gang! She is not only beautiful but brave experienced and intelligent.

BBC you never talk about the Rochdale grooming gang, and the many others around the UK? Strange that :-/

11 years with no parents.. I'm so shocked and surprised how this happens . Baffling..isn't it?

How this happened? Where are the parents?

Prayers for the children girls and boys God watched over them

This is a lot more common than we like to think

aww she's so sweet D:

Where are the parents?

An extremely important story. This is a issue which I've seen transcend class and gender. Every child is at risk, and should be aware and truly warned of the realities of gangs, as the media often glamorises gang activity (TV shows, music, movies ect)

I do all I can to save these kids too. They have great talents in them.

You are remarkable,Nicole

Thank you for sharing your story Nicole, I'm doing a report on child exploitation and this has been helpful

Well done 👍

Well done

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Take the power away from gangs by legalising drugs.

Imagine being a parent in a zero hour low paid job struggling to feed your children and being refused free school meals for them and then realising that the tax you pay funds the free fine food and alcohol for the mps in belameys bar in the house of commons.

Drugs gang's , taking over every where. Police have given up . And when the dealer is prosecuted, the sentences are just a couple of years , should be life.

Outrageous!

Beautiful girl. Glad she got out of this lifestyle.

If a child you find in trouble, take him or her to the church and ask father to tell them to follow their passion or take them to career counselor.

Are the pint-sized silver bottle-like objects on the streets of the UK drugs? Can anyone give me more information about it? I am a Japanese who went to study in Liverpool in 2019 and have never seen those in my home country.

System is crap and this is what we end up with. You can say what you will bit these problems are created in our system. If prioritise on giving people options and prospects this wouldn't be so attractive. They rarely knock off any serious drug dealers as a rule so they aren't going away. People turn to drugs out of desperation.

The solution is simple- People stop using drugs!! Demand creates supply!!

TopBoy the series shows this in the series. How kids or teens are used to transport drugs for a small fee or free.

Where are the subtitles? I cannot understand a word she is saying!

Nicole.....WoW your so brave...... amazing 💟 ya an inspiration.....all best for your future, 😁

Brave lass good for you

We shall pay attention to what matters most, humans, our human senses.

Where we her parents in all this? If my 11 yr old daughter wasn't home when not in school I would find her or call the cops.

Steady decriminalisation has unsurprisingly lead to lapsed attitudes and creeping normality. Criminals really do boss it.

May god lift her up❤️‍🔥

God bless you

Legalise drugs, problem solved. You're welcome.

Unfortunately Nicolle nobody cares I'm sorry this happened to you hope your in a better place now 👍❤️

Older gangs members think their young. It's absolutely disgusting to treat young people this way. Have too break the cycle. God watch over are younger generation in their coming and goings.

disappointed with the rubbish below. unfortunately makes one wonder who watches this. It's a serious subject guys, so stop writing stuff bordering on Racism, or worse.

this is sad, I really have emotions with British people.

Don’t blame people for your wicked actions 🎉

Same in India but nobody's listening... Specially Himalayan range...

Mke sure you report on her 5 years from now brave woman

Interesting

The peaceful protest took place outside a US property owned by Shan Weijian.

😭😭😭🙏

Grace, mercy, and peace from God our Father and Jesus Christ our Lord.☘️💚🎄

Use satellites imagery to track them down..

The most streetwise thing you can do is scream "go away you freak stop bothering me!" to criminals and gangs who approach you pretending to be friendly. This is a very scary thing to do but while i was being taken advantage of i noticed one girl in the neighborhood who was just very aggressive and assertive to dangerous men. They left her alone and give her space while i was reluctantly playing call of duty with them being led into crime and danger with them. They are used to being told to "go away"...they respect that more than you reluctantly trying to pacify them by being nice.

All looked after by your local : Police forces Councils Judiciary MP s and of course......media coverage. THEY DON'T WANT TO UPSET ANYONE WITH THE TRUTH. If YOU don't look out for your kids they are on their own!

Rome has the power already the gangs have no power but will be ransomed by Rome

ЗАБРАНА ЗА ПОСЛЕДНИТЕ ИНОВАЦИИ НА АРАБИТЕ

Remember when this wasn't a thing? That would be before mass immigration.

I support 👋🌹🙋‍♂️👍🌿🥀

Adrenachrome

Sad what labour and leftists have done to Brirain with open borders.

Алға Қазақстан 🇰🇿

Jimmy Saville was white so was MJ

Nails done fir coat had A?

Poor girls i feel sorry for them

you must understand how to discern the prospects of accommodation but with caution do not permit the goths to undermine Rome

Wish I could tell my story well the parts I've uncovered It's starts in the before time Before Windrush as black people just didn't exist back then My grandfather born to a slave woman Yh my great grand mother was a literal slave And his teenage wife meet in te carribean islands Her a child prodigy Him a disgraced boxer who fled his island after ending a man in the ring He was a builder and saved enough money to take him and his new wife to England to buya home and continue his tradesman ship However on arrival some white people Rob him of his money in a fake deal The police refuse to get involved And he is forced to take him and his wife to Luton Eventually they sent for my mum and the other kids She came over on her brothers passport With time my grandfather became a abusive alcoholic and through grief and abuse my nan took ill A complete mental breakdown and my mum being the oldest girl had to look after her Why is this important? Because it sets up the poverty I was raised in My mother couldn't work She had to look after my grandmother I was the youngest of four As we grew up poor we all coped with the depression a different way My oldest sister inwards Eating disorders, dehydration and other stuff My oldest brother outwards, gangs and guns etc The middle brother a combination of both I was a watcher, like always Observing the chaos I never really talked or cried even as a child I just watched My mum had me with therapist, well speech therapist to figure out why I choose not to Was the conclusion At 4 I encountered racism for the first time A child minder She used to have me serve her daughter, get the food Dress her etc I had to walk behind them Amazing for self esteem My mum's friend saw it and told her An I never saw that woman and her child again Next was 6 and my abusive stepmother I started visiting my dad, he was shammed into being a part of my life But he was still working so I stayed with his girl and he would visit when he wasn't tired For the next 5 years of my life It was a living hell Every weekend was nightmare She got away scot free of course She even put out a hit on my dad when I told him what she was doing and he left Luckily my uncle was gang affiliated Saved his life School I was bullied Only black kid in a majority Asian school They called themselves the P-word panthers Ironic now looking at what the black panthers stood for But history couldn't stop those ass whoppings So year 3 starts and we move to a new place I made new friends, the teacher said i was not autistic just shy But we didn't speak about the past We kept on with future Turns out I was a smart kid Good at maths and science but English could use a lot of work Everything is good at school Mum was suicidal I remember days when she would threaten to off herself Middle brother would beat the hell out of her He used to go in her room and just destroy everything He was a gang member like my older brother But he wasn't as respected They would punk him constantly They also tried to off him Right outside my grandmothers house Same with my older brother They demand money for the safe return of him and his gf So year five hits and they break into the house Armed robbery Tie everyone up looking for drugs They put it to my mum head and threatened to squeeze They didn't An she develops ptsd The police do nothing However the streets talk And we find out who did it and what happened We flee to my grandfather's for a little while I change school and meet up with the kids who used to mess with me back in year 2 In another all Asian school The last year only got beat up twice I can't complain Year 7 joined the local boys and started to Mingle with gang members I wasn't one but the knew my brothers It protected me I saw stuff Home invasion Stabbings Drug deals Etc Things that blew mind I couldn't be that way so I played sport It was my escape Whenever my bro would fight with my mum I was in the park I promised one day I would be strong enough to stop him The last 5 years I have been We moved out to country An I saw the difference between their lives and mine They used to sit and eat food We never could stay anywhere too long They used to window shop I didn't understand anything They also smoked a lot of green My life was so rigid and displined compared to theirs I literally didn't know how to have fun and relax Oh, a friend died I forgot that Shot on bomb fire Knight Another was stabbed to death 50times The one that got his heart Did it My brother was in mourning He moved to country and we followed him It was year 9 so I moved out my mums and in with my dad He was not ready He offered but he was not ready I slept on the sofa I had to make my own food Do my own laundry By year 9 I wasn't his child more like a tenant the council pays for College comes and I'm back with mum Like the country was cool until the second year and people became too familiar At first I was the tough kid I slowly became the black kid The jokes came I got my diploma and never looked back Moved back grandfather died I couldn't find work Yh, one woman told me "You won't fit our culture" I thought I was British Apparently not She was Polish Sports was going well Enrolled at South Bank University I want to put them on blast The students were racist as hell They made me know i was not welcome Same with UEL However Kingston was so good Kingston University deserves a diversity award or something Only got a hnd However Thanks to the manger at St Pancras Station for giving me a chance at my first job She allowed me to feed myself Thanks to my new manger As I got older I was chased by a few eastern Europeans Had Asian people tell me how disgusting black people are Even had a African lady or two tell me how disgusting carribean people are Why do people feel okay telling me their craziest hot takes I don't know Spanish woman tell me how horrible black men are Had a Chinese woman laugh at how dark my skin is After 26 it was just a lot of casual racism Not the good old violent stuff That chase you down the street or throw a glass bottle whilst saying "Go back to your country" That racism was distinctive Now it's like "look, it's so ghetto" Or "Can you imagine if your child brought that home" I've had worse I got my headphones on for a reason Turning 30 soon It's been a fun ride

Grooming gangs also done same...no different

teenagers are not children. they are legally responsible for their actions.

give them free home, electricity, water, tv, and internet so they watch bbc and get high

where did she get money to buy fur coat?

She not my people.

Not a "victim". An honourable apprentice

I invite you to islam.

Didn’t care so much about the grooming gangs did you?

First

If parents hit children for not listening and doing bad things. They get arrested and children will get taken away from families This is wrong GOVERNMENT should allow parents to Discipline their children And stop Spoiling children

She knew what she was doing and made a choice too greedy the Bible says the love of money is the root if all evil🎉

B.S More negative news about Iran, Qatar and Russia.

That's the beauty of "democracy" and "free world". Go talking about north Korea now.

Albanians.

What. Drugs are legal in the UK and now you complain that "children" fell into trap... That's not a child, that's a "cool" woman that can do whatever she wants. Police does NOTHING to stop this, locally I have reported drugs outside near my home several times in last year, nothing they don, ignored.

Her accent tells you, she is not from New Castle. If it’s a criminal Gangs, it should be a group of victims, by telling different stories. why are we only seeing one victim who tells you only one story~

Them young girls love it so this is all an excuse .

Disturbing how the bbc puts that in perspective now it's a success story - are they mad, are they journalists??

It's shocking especially those who use needles thaught sticking needles in your veins and inject substances with no idea what's in them is shocking could be be side effects witch is why we say drugs are are a risk. what drugs tho ? And how do we measure the harm and decide what substances are to be elegal ? And how do we enforce regulation of it ? It appears to me has tho 1 person at the is (Marked) and then all the police forces budget is spent persueing that person untill they iether have a nervous breakdown/ commit a crime or commit a terror or end up commited or like me end up exhausted skint and mind alterd from the constant stop and searches drug tests breatherliser tests and car searches Passing all of them this has been going on a good 5 year and every the I have been co,operative with the emer,gency law en-force-men,T per,son,n,e,L and to this day I'm still lacking any real ex,p,L,a,natIon or does the words e,X,plain I.T for me ??? If it is I,t is it in,tier,net techno,log,y ??? Y,log,techno ?? What I'm saying is am I a marked man for the means of upping technology ? If so where/how is this right lawfull or legal ? And why shouldn't I have been explained to befor what is going to happen and why it is being done to me ? Please don't get me wrong here has some one who believes in proper funding for all emergency departments I dont have a problem with the police but rather how their time has been used and how the service is divided amongst people ? Because I seem to have received a mutch larger amount of their resources than many many others and has a rational man I simply can't help but ask why ? When there's so mutch gun crime and illicit drug use that is the econemy happening why bother me has mutch ? Maybey I'm missing something or I'm sim,pole but what I'm left with is????????????????? If it is to do with telephone communications and satolight situations which I'm thinking it is then I'm a massive amount of wealth and explanation missing somewhere iether way I will make sure any one who has been stretching what's reasonable and being greedy or grudge holding or just in need of some one to exploit is delt with I may be slow at moment but I might and I will make sure I find each every one that's taken the piss out of my helpfull and generous trusting nature lete tell you be cause I prefer to see the brighter side of people rather than think people are out to get me doesn't mean I'm stupid or weak or a pushover doesn't mean I'm in any kind of shame iether there's is nothing I have done that is that bad that i would not admit if there was a reasonable circumstance to be asked questioned on tho some people have no respect for privacy and are paranoid suspicious in a (manner) that is overstretching there reasons for doing so this says to me some one is wanting something in need of something and I might well prefer to be asked for help and what it is that I can do to help them with there suspicious problems they are alluding to when engaging me with in scenarios that I have to be interrogated to no constructive mutual standing being achieved so I can only see, it, as a GENErOle interest up to now so that being said a mander-tory evacuation may have to form in that of the next Gen,ER,o,L,e eLe,Ct,i,on if it is true that that I find my self here Generally speaking has left with this position Im in I'm not familiar with but if so Be it it B,I,T is what when appropriated my ledger a ballence that there ballence will Be B,I,t (B)ishton (i)nternet (T)echnology it's That SIM,Pole that pole is owned by me so BT I must be B,I,T so why is it missing from me why have I not been contacted with the correct WHEALTH and my stake in it and entitlement to a share of what is not just mine but me aswell because what it's looking like to me is I'm not just seeing my current spending rather I am a form I am the current (see) so has I c sea bearing the waves I'm sailing I'm iether abord my vessel the nation with mast a standing or standing owed a mast or to for simple SIM,pole sailing and ruling the waves this is me and I'm jew a bearing payment or has in cockney slang the 7trent is due payment and aboard this here nation of the sea you see me sAil so I CAN so see a little bit of rent would be nice if you have some (manners) you would be greatfull in helping me with this I'm not greedy and wish and hope for us all to be better (off) for a fair future it would be be a bright idea to Eid this warning has someone who has listend to his,tory and his,story I'm not left with mutch left of left brain to see what's right at times but right with left and wrights and rights missing from where they should be I will ask politely now for advice and mutual support because if not now I will 100% will B telling later truth you may presume and you consume but honesty is nasty and that's what is coming forwards now like often licked but nether beaton on or off you get what you give but you fail to see the delay so has you see de lay but the way forwards you will have to bear the dark if and morning light is what you know so you better take your odds and even them out stacking them in your favour won't never beat stacks of mine all levels never be hall decibels like all of hall mine and mind own

Black lifes matter !!!! Yeaaaah !!!!

Abdullllllah Culture !!!

What's this nonsense with the nose-piercing (and brain-piercing, too???) Is this the result of being immersed in the world of illicit drugs, or, did the piercing come first, which predetermined this adolescent 's future?

This is were are taxs need to be going.

I would like to say to that wonderful brave lady you are amazing don't look back look forward shit happens in life learn and move on I know it hard to take but unfortunately life is hard for sum more so then others but you got throw it you savived now go live your life the way you want to by your rules and if you can get sum of the men lady's that did thows things to you then that just a bonus in life . What gose around comes around.