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Outlook: Why I help girls leave gangs

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British entrepreneur and former gang member, Cherie Johnson

20/03/2023 GMT

Why I help girls leave gangs

BBC World Service - Outlook, Why I help girls leave gangs

Trouble at home led Cherie Johnson to crime. Now she helps others to change their lives

Trouble at home led teen Cherie Johnson to crime. But becoming a mum at 17 made her reassess everything. Now she helps other young women leave gangs and start a new life.

Trouble at home led teenage Cherie Johnson to crime. But when she gave birth to her daughter at the age of 17, it changed her world in more ways than she could have imagined. Cherie went from drug dealing and robbery in London to become a trailblazing entrepreneur, working with police and helping other young women to leave gangs and start a new life.

Presenter: India Rakusen
Producers: Maryam Maruf and Jenna Adae

Get in touch: outlook@bbc.com

(Photo: Cherie Johnson. Credit: Leeon Jones)

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