School dropouts: Meet the 13-year-old stabbing victim growing up in Croydon

Welcome to Croydon, one of the most dangerous boroughs in London for a child to grow up in, where "wrong place, wrong time" can be a lethal combination.

It is where local services have been decimated. The local council has declared that it is effectively bankrupt.

"Jaden" is 13 years old. He's been stabbed, and arrested twice for carrying a knife.

Community worker James Watkins tells Sky's Nick Martin why "Jaden" not going to school at all this year is putting him in huge danger.

Read more: https://news.sky.com/story/in-one-of-londons-most-dangerous-areas-being-in-the-wrong-place-at-the-wrong-time-can-be-deadly-13001744

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