Former gang member to warn more Kent schoolchildren about dangers of crime
13:10, 16 July 2019
More funding is being put into stopping children and teenagers in Kent getting involved with gangs.
Thanks to the Police and Crime Commissioner Matthew Scott, thousands more young people will get to hear from a reformed gang member Francis Osei-Appiah - who's warning them not to make the same mistakes that put him in jail.
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