Ashford murder trial: Former gang member helps interpret drug terms at Jaydon McFarlane murder trial
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Updated: 20:03, 11 March 2021
A former gang member has given evidence at the Ashford murder trial - to interpret patois used in the drug culture.
Jaydon McFarlane
At the trial today, expert Francis Osei-Appiah told the jury how he was once part of a street gang in Tottenham and served many years in jail.
Now he advises Kent Police, Kent County Council and other organisations on how to keep youngsters from being groomed by county lines drugs gangs.
The organiser of the charity Reform, Restore Respect said he had worked with 30,000 children during the past nine years, adding and I know their language..it s like a second language to me .