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14.08.2021 - 10:43 / manchestereveningnews.co.uk
The events that led Ben first to a police station, then to a courtroom and finally to a hospital bed were complicated, but not uncommon.
He is one of many boys and young men drawn into crime, exploited by criminals, and harmed by the knives that plague the streets of Greater Manchester.
After becoming embroiled with a violent gang, Ben was stabbed.
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Weeping beside his hospital bed following the vicious knife attack,
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