Friends are the family we choose for ourselves - or so we may think. If your mate suggested jumping off a cliff, would you do it?
Probably not. How about if they asked you to mug someone or smuggle something into prison for them? The MEN has looked back over those lured into crime - and the courts - by the people they called ‘friends’.
Last month, the MEN reported on the truly horrendous case of predator John Ward, 24, who forced his way into a young mum’s home and raped her.
Ward had earlier molested the woman when she was walking her dog with her young child, telling them: “I’m your new dad”. She managed to escape but Ward, who was drunk at the time, followed her back to her home, forced his way inside, and carried out a number of vile
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