Who Killed CJ Davis? (Pt 2) - "Descent into crime"
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The Times
3.9 • 1.6K Ratings
🗓️ 29 August 2021
⏱️ 31 minutes
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Summary
CJ Davis was shot dead and killed in east London in 2017. He was 14 years old. In this episode John explores how he was forced to leave mainstream education and attend a pupil referral unit, precipitating a fall into a criminal world.
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This episode was first released on 14th August, 2020.
Host: John Simpson, the Times' crime correspondent.
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| 0:00.0 | Hi, it's Manvine here. Just a reminder that today's episode of the award-winning series |
| 0:07.1 | Who Killed CJ Davis was first published last summer. |
| 0:12.8 | A warning just before we begin. Some listeners may find some of what we're about to hear |
| 0:17.1 | distressing. Also, this episode contains some strong language. |
| 0:21.2 | These are the things that people need to understand. Not the fact that I'm not condoning what |
| 0:26.6 | CJ was doing. There was this little boy, this playful character, there was also the |
| 0:31.0 | other side to him. He was accused of robbery and carrying a bottle of corrosive acid. He |
| 0:35.4 | was caught carrying a knife at a fun fair and convicted. |
| 0:38.2 | I think as you're just out there in all teenager. As a parent, you just want to give your child |
| 0:42.2 | a good start. What did you just say to me? |
| 0:44.0 | He's a petal, he's a petal, he's a petal, he's a petal. |
| 0:55.0 | My name's John Simpson, I'm a journalist for the Times newspaper. I was hoping I could |
| 0:59.6 | come up to speak to you very briefly. |
| 1:03.6 | I'm back in Forest Gate in Neuron, East London. Near the playground where CJ Davis was |
| 1:08.4 | shot dead. My producer Poppy and I are looking for witnesses on the surrounding estate. |
| 1:14.2 | We're hoping they can tell us more about what happened that day and who was responsible. |
| 1:22.4 | These conversations are best conducted face to face, so we're hoping residents will buzz |
| 1:26.4 | us in. |
| 1:31.7 | We're handing out flyers with our contact details on it. |
| 1:35.2 | The flyer has the logo of the podcast who killed CJ Davis beneath that. It says, a new |
| 1:42.3 | podcast for the Times newspaper. We're seeking your help to get answers. If you have any |
| 1:46.4 | information, please get in touch. You can remain anonymous. |
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