My Friends Were Murdered Sleeping Rough on London's Streets

My Friends Were Murdered Sleeping Rough on London's Streets | Minutes With

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In this episode of Minutes With we sit down with filmmaker Lorna Tucker, who shares her experiences of being homeless on the streets of London when she was just 14 years old. Lorna tells us how she was groomed by older men who bought her trainers in exchange for helping them commit crimes and convinced her to run away with them to escape the police. She describes the friends she met while living on the streets, how addiction became a means of survival and how they endured violent attacks at night. After help from a mentor, Lorna began her career as a director and documentary maker and in her new film ‘Someone’s Daughter, Someone’s Son’ she champions the important message that together, we can end homelessness.
00:00 - 00:23 - Introduction
00:23 - 01:20 - Growing Up
01:20 - 04:39 - Groomed By A Gang
04:39 - 07:10 - Homeless in London Aged 14
07:10 - 07:40 - Missing Home
07:40 - 08:44 - Violence and Attacks
08:44 - 09:55 - Moving To A Hostel
09:55 - 11:00 - New Start
11:00 - 13:00 - How To End Homelessness
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@LADbible 2 ай бұрын

Thank you to Lorna Tucker for taking part in this episode. Lorna's documentary ‘Someone’s Daughter, Someone’s Son’ is now available in cinemas across the UK. Follow this link to take action and help end UK Homelessness: Someonesdaughterfilm.org/takeaction

@mattblaize6477 2 ай бұрын

Such a beautiful woman inside and out

@alexfaye8799 2 ай бұрын

I did roughly 12 years off and on being homeless, sleeping on the streets here in Melbourne Australia. It's been a little over 4 years since I got help and found a permanent home. I can relate to everything Lorna has talked about, including still feeling this shame or embarrassment all these years later. I hope people go see the documentary.

@TheConnectionLondon 2 ай бұрын

We supported Lorna when she was sleeping rough in London. It's great to see her recovery; we're so proud of her successes.

@wiseonwords 2 ай бұрын

Well done! You helped to save her.

@zarajones5428 2 ай бұрын

you would pass this lady in the street and never guess how much she’s been through. Strong lady. I hope her life is blessed now

@Magneticvortex-kk4gb Ай бұрын

Standard life in London for most teenagers wanting to be cool.

@jayjayn007 Ай бұрын

Maybe think before you write. Your comment makes zero sense, and doesn't tie into the comment you're replying to . @@Magneticvortex-kk4gb

@laurajadebarnes168 2 ай бұрын

I wish this interview was longer! What an inspiring woman!

@jonathanm9436 2 ай бұрын

Intelligent and articulate and experienced - these are the people who we should be listening to to lift and protect those suffering the consequences of social inequities.

@Babesinthewood97 2 ай бұрын

Absolutely

@caraeuler2927 2 ай бұрын

I watched this because we have an enormous homeless population in California so I felt it would be educational to hear from someone who had been homeless. We have so many people here trying to figure out what to do about the problem but no one's really talking to the folks that are homeless to see how they ended up in that situation and what they truly need. Thank you for sharing.

@denisethegood 2 ай бұрын

I’d be homeless if it wasn’t for my sister. I’ve always been odd, very shy, very anxious, smart in some areas, totally dumb in others. I overanalyze everything, incl having ‘just a job’ - it’s never ‘just’, nothing ever is. Everything - sleep, waking up, getting ready, taking the bus, being among other humans, food, hygiene, communication etc is loaded and very exhausting. For many years I tried the university, job, career thing but I’d fail each and every time; end up in the lowest mental and physical state. My sister took me in 12 years ago. It’s a complicated situation, but thankfully we were always close, so even though I feel awfully guilty about being dependent on someone else at age 47, I also know these are the last few good and fun years so I’ll make them the best for us all. Thanks for this video; I wish every one kindness. ❤

@howareyou857 2 ай бұрын

Do you mind me asking...have you been assessed for ADHD? I ask because as a 53yr old woman I have just been dx with moderate to severe ADHD. Alot of your symptoms resonate with me.

@powderandpaint14 2 ай бұрын

I was going to say have you been assessed for autism, some of the continuing problems you've been having point to you being neurodivergent.

@bl3524 Ай бұрын

What you describe sounds like executive dysfunction which is a symptom of ADHD

@albanyholbrook5616 Ай бұрын

I was going to say this sounds like autism and adhd (massively under diagnosed in women, especially before the last few years) might be worth looking into, glad you found support through your sister though ❤

@SuperfixrN Ай бұрын

Damn i feel exactly the same, every little thing is controlled by this anxious feeling and panic exactly as the same fear as you think you are about to die. You sleep for days, you are rested but feel so tired and when you wake up it's just repeat. Of course there is days that's better but the better days are terrific while the worst of days you just feel how you are stuck in claustrophobic spaces(even if I'm not claustrophobic) and it bursts out like loops and restless leg syndrome.

@bkm2797 2 ай бұрын

What a journey this lady has been on, very relieved that some good people came along and gave her a chance to be the beautiful person she is today. I wish for her a life full of joy and stability.💕👍

@adamredwine774 2 ай бұрын

Fascinating. This series is amazing. Please keep them up.

@c.i0503 2 ай бұрын

What a resilient lady. Lorna, we are so happy you're still here today. You are another example of "it gets better". May you and your children have a blessed life !

@JulesA-C 2 ай бұрын

Such an honest account of what would happen to a young person and it's heartbreaking.

@joshweaver7998 Ай бұрын

this is the best interview ive ever seen. what an amazing woman. I was genuinely upset when it ended. I could listen to her talk for hours and hours.

@pavelivanov9623 2 ай бұрын

Great interview Lorna. So excited to see Someone’s Daughter, Someone’s Son xx

@dylanwoods6173 2 ай бұрын

Can relate to the first minute... and to add to that I moved out of home at 14, became independent, got my first job and quit the naughty things soon after... Then met my girlfriend at the time she was 1 year older, went on till 18 then we had to move apart as her child emergency accommodation was stripped from her at 18.... 12 years later we reunite, now have 2 kids and it's been 6 years+ since the reuniting, we're both on the straight n narrow now and it's my oldest kids 3rd bday in a couple of days.. Oh how life changes... perspectives too...

@luticia 2 ай бұрын

She is so very beautiful in her individual being.

@alexfaye8799 2 ай бұрын

@abraxasjinx5207 2 ай бұрын

Documentary?

@Glichyy Ай бұрын

@@abraxasjinx5207The interviewee Lorna is a filmmaker who recently made a documentary about homelessness called "Someone's daughter, someone's son"

@bernadettebates Ай бұрын

❤ thank you for your openness and honesty. Well done for being here and overcoming

@DevilishBeaver0 2 ай бұрын

Extremely articulate and fascinating woman, shes truly inspiring

@simongoodwin5253 2 ай бұрын

Amazing! So brave to talk about your past.

@KumaPhil 2 ай бұрын

Great interview. She is a brave woman.

@izzymmm Ай бұрын

I truly felt the love and Hopefulness that Lorna shared with us through her story. Thank you Lorna ❤

@alison8186 Ай бұрын

I really needed that more than you will ever know x you are a true storyteller. Cant wait to see more x. Thank you x.

@rachelarnold8839 2 ай бұрын

The interviewed always asks such good questions

@johnnym Ай бұрын

I've been homeless for about 6-7 years after being evicted, I've been staying in hotels most of that time. I'm facing eviction again tomorrow morning. I have no where to go, and no one to help. I'm stilling here with only one option, and planning how to go about it. I can't be on the streets. I can't have my pup on the streets. I'm alone, exhausted and lost.

@lucylocket3462 Ай бұрын

Hope you are ok right now. An option could be to join a church. Just go once a week on a Sunday. Within that space there should be someone who can help and wants to. I honestly don’t even think they would mind if you are religious or not. I just think people want to help others and it gives you an hour a week to just have somewhere to be. A routine. I did that . For different reasons to you but having a spot I went to sit every week for a while began to open doors and give me a sense of somewhere to go. Somewhere to be. A small little routine like that can be the first momentum to change things. You don’t have to sign up or wait for appointments or explain yourself it’s just a place to go to shift out of the current routine.

@yasminx16 Ай бұрын

Where are you John? In the U.K.? If so which area?

@yasminx16 Ай бұрын

@@lucylocket3462great idea!

@bistaei-akoma 2 ай бұрын

Amazing storytelling

@duggyschmidt3052 2 ай бұрын

Such a wonderful testimony. God bless you

@Mlo-tn9yr 25 күн бұрын

She describes it so well about how is it is to fall in with bad groups when you're a kid growing up in poverty. It is grooming that causes us to fall like this

@fnk101 Ай бұрын

I use to run away from home & would go to west end, i always feel at home once i get to end, i use to live in the countryside, my criminal past was all done in west end, im well retired from that life but always still go west end,

@sassmaster1 2 ай бұрын

The support needs to be there after helping with a home as they need guidence to live in society again and to make connections

@MissG.-et1pb Ай бұрын

i'm so grateful for Lorna's video,and in my opinion,everyone else should be,i just want the government,to listen,eg.to end homelessness.

@step4798 Ай бұрын

This is exactly how I lived my life when I was younger, the hanging around with older people, the drugs and believing you were invincible and would not get caught. I went on shop lifting sprees, to swap with the local person that would give you speed and other drugs in exchange for it, at the time you think its the best thing in life, but always catches up with you in the end :(

@elsiecheesman1642 Ай бұрын

Very inspiring

@elin_ Ай бұрын

Poverty ruins so many lives.. Then we have a bunch of people who are so rich so they can wipe their arses with money... so unfair.

@leonehampton3674 Ай бұрын

Amazing

@PhilosopherScholar 2 ай бұрын

Looking at her this wouldn't even be my 100th guess on what her life was like. Incredible.

@kodeeraykokiri4578 2 ай бұрын

Wow 😢

@Natalie-ot9db Ай бұрын

That should be a movie😮

@NikkiBrier 14 күн бұрын

Lots of self blame that she doesn't need to have. Her mother did the best she could but it doesn't seem like she had a healthy family. Not an abusive one, but neglected out of necessity. Honey you were a child! A child reacting to the environment that you didn't choose to live in. I hope one day you give yourself the grace you deserve.

@underground1111 2 ай бұрын

Thank you, om 🕉

@LS-fe4ob 2 ай бұрын

❤❤❤

@tb22k 2 ай бұрын

❤😢😢

@Babesinthewood97 2 ай бұрын

I’m glad this cannot happen in my country. This is what paying taxes is for. Protecting children from this situation.

@nicolad8822 Ай бұрын

Where is this heaven where there are no irresponsible parents?

@manephewlenny6401 2 ай бұрын

Wasn't she the lead singer of Republica?

@yasminx16 Ай бұрын

She’s not but she looks like her doesn’t she? Really beautiful.

@user-xp8nq5mf9y 2 ай бұрын

Why the violent attacks on homeless people?

@xinyib5763 Ай бұрын

It is very hard to be homeless. Not only attacks from other homeless, but people who terrorize them (especially homeless women) who know they won’t pursue charges. For money, for drugs, and sometimes just for sick thrill- it’s not safe. I hate when people make their lives harder in NYC

@francesbernard2445 Ай бұрын

We cannot tell what a person's race, family background and cultural background someone is from only by looking at them.

@sarahlamb2333 2 ай бұрын

They make you think you are grown up.. hope you reported them for cso as children will still be of interest to them for exact same reasons

@charlie11111 2 ай бұрын

Police won't do anything

@sarahlamb2333 2 ай бұрын

@@charlie11111 if they don't know who it is they can't do anything

@treewitch666 Ай бұрын

Oh my! We used to do the same thing with the golf balls LOL 😂

@davidc4408 Ай бұрын

Why would people do that? So sad to humanity in uk

@Matthew_Ssali Ай бұрын

Alot of people in the UK have 0 morals these days.

@rowhills 2 ай бұрын

The unreported How can 2 murders of such a horrific nature go unreported

@maxbeveridge477 2 ай бұрын

And who

@NM-mc4rj Ай бұрын

The media hides A LOT from the public. They decide what we know.

@Matthew_Ssali Ай бұрын

They had nobody who gave a damn sadly.

@LaLaura-he1zf Ай бұрын

The police have a phrase called less than dead, meaning homeless kids and illegal migrants. Wont be missed, won't be looked into

@vickigarner7331 Ай бұрын

❤❤

@erikcrickenberger8433 Ай бұрын

She’s very stunning

@kathrinsides2838 Ай бұрын

You don’t feel “better”. You just feel “less”.

@philomenamagill700 Ай бұрын

❤

@benjamenplus10 Ай бұрын

Are you talking about Chris & Chris ? Simply Sausages doorway ? 😥

@IdeasWorthSharing69 2 ай бұрын

We've already got a film about homelessness, Naked (1993)

@powderandpaint14 2 ай бұрын

And Cathy Come Home from the 60's.

@dominicparker-tc7sb 2 ай бұрын

Naked is about the general feeling of nihilism in modern society post thatcher.

@ZoyaNur Ай бұрын

How’d she have a baby?

@user-tb7qz7id6t Ай бұрын

well a man and a woman...

@ZoyaNur Ай бұрын

@@user-tb7qz7id6t yeah i know how it works but why

@user-tb7qz7id6t Ай бұрын

I think being in that predicament and desparate situation I don't think she had much say in the matter tbh.@@ZoyaNur

@BillWoodillustrator Ай бұрын

What a very elegant woman. ❤

@helendancelot Ай бұрын

Maths....not math thats American

@Junkhead91 Ай бұрын

Nope. Not buying it

@evanemcova8168 2 ай бұрын

Try Snack wars slovakia food vs Amerika food

@CoCo-fh8rs Ай бұрын

Read the room

@Bob-gn8ph Ай бұрын

❤John 3:16❤

@robertobee3198 Ай бұрын

Fed up with these documentaries that portray the perpetrators of crime as victims, deserving of sympathy. What about all of the victims of her crime spree? No sympathy at all. They chose that way of life, other people, in the same situation get jobs and support themselves without resorting to crime. Our taxes pay for lowlifes like this.

@jbo1588 2 ай бұрын

Don’t believe a word of it

@eeeb2140 2 ай бұрын

Homeless and an addict but 'here's a flat, you're going to be a film maker' et voila. Colour me cynical... not saying she didn't have a rough year or two but I dare say there's some artistic licensing in her story telling

@jbo1588 2 ай бұрын

@@eeeb2140 100% agree

@carelgoodheir692 24 күн бұрын

She's simply telling it as it happened. I've come across people who'd lived through comparable stuff. She just happens to have pulled/been pulled out of it and happens to be articulate. Many just stay under. I've seen it end in suicide or overdose deaths (and also in full recovery. It's not for nothing that the character called Jesus in the first four books of the "New Testament" had it in for the self-righteous.

@koezkoez1939 Ай бұрын

I was living in shaftesbury avenue when this happened on Berwick street I remember the doorway of simply sausages was taped off. So dark.

@NM-mc4rj Ай бұрын

Did they ever get someone for that?

@benjamenplus10 Ай бұрын

yes, James Heslin. He admitted it straight away, got sentenced to two life sentences (to run concurrently) given 13 years minimum and has probably been out for years now - he was sentenced in 1998. He ruined so many people's lives that night 💔

@audrianalalaxoxo 24 күн бұрын

So, she chose homelessness because of shame. Sorry to say but not the same could be said for a lot of homeless people. I don’t have sympathy for her.

@eldee1628 Ай бұрын

Homeless kids in the UK, yes. Young, tall, attractive girls homeless, I don't think so. Some people make careers from feigning this that or the other and I think this woman is one of them. Her bad acting gives her away. You don't fool me honey.

@Kenneth-cn8dx 2 ай бұрын

Ladbible ripping off soft white underbelly. Even the background looks the same. 🤡🤡

@idkwhoiam12785 2 ай бұрын

lad bible have been doing these videos for years now

@Kenneth-cn8dx 2 ай бұрын

@idkwhoiam12785 of course soft white underbelly copied off ladbible 😅😅🤡

@Oxnaforda 2 ай бұрын

Hardly, it's not exactly a one of a kind concept there have been people doing these kinds of interviews long before SWU.

@Kenneth-cn8dx 2 ай бұрын

@Oxnaforda interviewing people down on their luck with horrendous stories and that grey background. Yeah pretty much like for like. Ladbible isn't going to shag you mate

@Kenneth-cn8dx 28 күн бұрын

@@Oxnaforda same background? Blatant copy 🤡

@Ardwick-Crome Ай бұрын

She talks like she's the victim. She willfully indulged in criminality, ran away to avoid the police not caring what effect it would have on her mother, became a drug addict and then 'turned her life around' when she was literally given an apartment. If she had been a fat bald bloke the comments would be very different.

@richwhitelivesmatterforsureduh Ай бұрын

as a rich privileged gal who happens to hold dual citizenships of vatican and monaco, i dont know what poverty is. can someone explain? cuz even for my fifth birthday, i got a custom cartier diamond necklace worth 6.9 mil euros. just cuz~ #whydafuqnot~ #richbishvibe #nopeasants