London gang forced school girl, 14, to tie victim to bench and set her on fire

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Netflix fans across the country.But now the cruel reality of the criminal underworld has been exposed by one reformed member – and it's even more bloody than the show.The woman – who is remaining anonymous but goes by the name Danielle Marin – had a difficult upbringing, moving in and out of the care system as her mother struggled with her own issues.Despite this, Danielle achieved good grades in school, and even attended a Grammar school before later returning to education to attain a degree at university.But before she’d turned her life around and captured her experiences in her new book, Danielle became involved with gangs.

She spoke about her early experiences on the Anything Goes with James English podcast.After her first boyfriend went to prison, Danielle described how started to hang around with his mates, who had begun to conduct armed robberies after selling marijuana.“While I was with them, there was a lot of violence that I experienced. [There was] one time where I was told that I needed to tie a girl to a bench and set her on fire, which was done,” she remembered.“Everyone ran off and I remember I felt so guilty that I had to ring an ambulance, I didn’t really care if I got arrested.“He [one gang member] cut off a boy’s fingers in front of me, there were a couple of stabbings that I witnessed.

This was all at a very young age, I was only about 14 or 15.”Despite the horror of her experiences, Danielle confessed that they had caused such a traumatic effect that she doesn’t think about their actions at all.“I was diagnosed with complex PTSD and one of the symptoms is that you have no emotions.