Anything Goes with James English Ep/117 London gangster ray bishop tells his story. Ray grow up on a council estate in South East London, where he and his friends were regularly brutalised by the police. He got involved in petty crime, and was despatched to various notoriously violent youth-detention centres, all of which served to criminalise him, and others like him, much further. He graduated with flying colours to a career in London's underworld as an armed robber, a drug smuggler and a people trafficker, developing a serious addiction to cocaine and heroin along the way. Ray eventually wore himself out, and enrolled in a rigorous rehabilitation programme which provided him with a path to redemption. In 2010 he realised his childhood dream of becoming British Middleweight Boxing Champion. A truly inspirational turnaround, and a riveting life story. You can contact James English on his social media platforms http://instagram.com/jamesenglish2 http://twitter.com/jamesenglish0 http://Facebook.com/Jamesenglish11 You can check out all video episodes on my YouTube page, James English - Anything Goes Podcast Show https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCkdiBNdMSiQeT8aD7gXWgvA/videos?view_as=subscriber Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices