'I witnessed my first murder aged 11 and I was stabbed and left for dead - now I fight gang culture'
Mark Bracewell was 11-years-old when he witnessed a murder. Years later he found his own life at risk when he was attacked after trying to break up a fight. Recounting the event he said: "He ran off and left me to die."
READ MORE: ITV Good Morning Britain under fire for Harry and Meghan South Park debate as viewers think show has 'forgotten' "I witnessed my first murder at the age of 11 which is obviously something no child should have to witness." He goes on to describe how he lost a friend to a shooting. Aged 26 at the time, Mark, who was kidnapped and shot when he was 14, was sentenced to seven years and seven months in prison but spent three-and-a-half years behind bars. Later, after being released, Mark found himself a victim of knife crime.
Recalling the moment he was left injured, Mark said: "Everyone was running around screaming, panicking and in that moment I cried out to the only thing that at that time I knew could help me. I said, 'Please God, I don't want to die'.
"I want to see that everyone has equal opportunities and a chance to make it in life and off the streets," he said. "It’s never too late to change, you can be all you are meant to be. It doesn’t matter what mistakes you have made in the past. You are all saviours in the making."
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