When Safeguarding Means “Prove He Meant It”
!https://groomingfiles.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/file_00000000a7e471f49fdf29a149abc4231911810541726068133.png?w=1024 --- There’s a sentence in a recent Wales Online report that should...
Investigate Journalism
66 articles Dying Behind Bars: How Britain’s Prisons Are Failing People With Epilepsy
©️ By Sophie Lewis | The Grooming Files | November 2025 --- !https://groomingfiles.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/file_00000000f710720a895a605f7031a71a7e22403232904678015701.jpg?w=495 A d...
"YOU WERE HEARD, AND YOU WERE BELIEVED": THE MEDOMSLEY SCANDAL
©️ Sophie Lewis|Sophie Editorial --- !https://groomingfiles.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/file_00000000c10471f480cbc3078a5ba8be3983865187871888587.png?w=683 Damning 200-Page Report Exp...
Eddie B Update: 24 Months Under Investigation — The NFA That Raises More Questions Than Answers
© By Sophie Lewis | The Grooming Files !https://groomingfiles.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/file_000000005da862439915e568e68f8fca8329916047652796592.png?w=1024 --- About This Research So...
Part 3: Psychological Profile - Eddie B
© By Sophie Lewis | The Grooming Files !https://groomingfiles.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/screenshot_20251009_231411_com_openai_chatgpt_mainactivity2696423672140679933.jpg?w=1016 ---...
Part 2: Inside the Mind of Eddie B
© By Sophie Lewis | NUJ | Journalist | The Grooming Files !https://groomingfiles.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/screenshot_20251009_231411_com_openai_chatgpt_mainactivity4737574657708612549...
The Grooming Files — A Chapter Closes, The Work Lives On
©️ By Sophie Lewis | @sophielewiseditorial !https://groomingfiles.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/file_00000000adec620a8bf3466fb2ae9fa21052572662323352315.png?w=1024 --- When I started Th...
On Record
!https://groomingfiles.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/file_0000000014306246b230902c7d45567e4101490206340508057.png?w=1024 --- A Statement from Sophie Lewis on Predator Exposure, Accountab...
The Generation the Internet Groomed — And the System Forgot
--- ©️ By Sophie Lewis | The Grooming Files | @sophielewiseditorial !https://groomingfiles.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/file_00000000f2d862468f591cf18ae4aaf3667293544475812374.png?w=102...
Hijacked: How Grooming Survivors Were Exploited by a Political Circus
©️ By Sophie Lewis | The Grooming Files | @sophielewiseditorial --- !https://groomingfiles.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/file_000000000d886246a51dde5b11e2dc228369999609599313761.png?w=683...
The Predator Paradox: When Exposure Becomes the Behaviour
©️ By Sophie Lewis | NUJ-accredited Journalist | The Grooming Files --- !https://groomingfiles.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/image_editor_output_image572939990-175192231971882918024246778...
BREAKING: Death in Custody at HMP Swansea Confirmed
!https://groomingfiles.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/screenshot_20250623_103145_com_openai_chatgpt_mainactivity3644372621671581737.jpg?w=1024 --- © @sophielewiseditorial | The Grooming Fi...
Part 4 - What Predators Won’t Tell You — And What We Must Learn From This
!https://groomingfiles.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/image_editor_output_image-1052755242-17501550370114335026536730095481.jpg?w=899 --- ©️ An investigative series by Sophie Lewis | The G...
Part 2 - Inside the Spiral: Why Predators Are Now Seeking Their Own Exposure
!https://groomingfiles.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/cdde92a095847d55e458291c5df9712b_06938715177713335926.jpeg?w=695 --- An investigative series ©️ by Sophie Lewis | The Grooming Files |...
This Is a Breeding Ground — And We Need to Stop It NOW
!https://groomingfiles.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/file_00000000021861f9acfc3c1b66c9c1581873888714331891182.png?w=1024 © By Sophie Lewis | The Grooming Files | @sophielewiseditorial ---...
Blunt Force Justice? Why Mandatory Chemical Castration Won’t Solve Sexual Violence
!https://groomingfiles.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/file_000000003e08620a8ff43f2f1de113da2422350771975461101.png?w=683 --- Castration as Cure? As an investigative journalist who’s spent...
Survivors Raising Children: Breaking the Cycle of Silence
© By Sophie Lewis | The Grooming Files | @sophielewiseditorial --- An honest look at what happens when adults who were never protected grow up to become protectors. !https://groomingfiles.wordpre...
The Silence Around Female Offenders
© By Sophie Lewis | The Grooming Files | @sophielewiseditorial --- Why society still refuses to believe that women can sexually abuse — and what it’s costing survivors. !https://groomingfiles.wor...
Not Just Monsters: Why Most Abusers Aren’t Who You Think
© By Sophie Lewis | The Grooming Files | @sophielewiseditorial --- A survivor-led educational breakdown of the biggest myth fuelling child sexual abuse silence. !https://groomingfiles.wordpress.c...
What We're Still Not Talking About
© By Sophie Lewis | The Grooming Files | @sophielewiseditorial !https://groomingfiles.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/file_00000000f00861f8b0326850e903902d_conversation_id3d6803716e-8d04-80...
Inside HMP Parc– “Go Swallow Some Blades”Allegations of Psychological Abuse and Negligence
© By Sophie Lewis | The Grooming Files | @sophielewiseditorial !https://groomingfiles.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/file_00000000b71051f7b6d64535e13aa8ea_conversation_id3d67ec6c4f-c9e4-800...
Internal Abuse Allegation at Parc Prison - Incident on X2 Wing
© By Sophie Lewis | The Grooming Files | @sophielewiseditorial !https://groomingfiles.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/file_00000000b71051f7b6d64535e13aa8ea_conversation_id3d67ec6c4f-c9e4-800...
What If He Spoke Up Sooner?
©️ By Sophie Lewis - The Grooming Files | The Indie Leaks | @sophielewiseditorial !https://groomingfiles.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/file_000000002074620aaf7c954585ecd9ab1821403784198792...
The Silent Struggle: Male Survivors of Grooming
©️ By Sophie Lewis | The Grooming Files | The Indie Leaks | @realtalkrealtea --- !https://groomingfiles.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/file_00000000aa84620aa6c003940589c7f19935208483727694...
Badges and Blind Eyes: Inside Britain's Rotting Police Culture
© By Sophie Lewis | The Indie Leaks | The Grooming Files | @realtalkrealtea --- !https://groomingfiles.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/file_0000000043e0620aa4395aeb73a9549e8566441672602913...
The Kids the System Sold Off: The Illegal Care Crisis in England and Wales
©️ By Sophie Lewis | The Indie Leaks | The Grooming Files | @realtalkrealtea !https://groomingfiles.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/file_00000000b490620aac9eee580ff4a2b22629574911050726368.p...
“But She Said She Was 16” — Why the Law Still Calls It Grooming
©️ By Sophie Lewis - The Grooming Files | The Indie Leaks | @realtalkrealtea !https://groomingfiles.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/file_0000000016e46246ae24d3ed01463c8f_conversation_id3d680...
“The Flat Was Familiar — Because It Was His”: How a Town Normalised Grooming in Plain Sight
By Sophie Lewis | The Grooming Files | The Indie Leaks | @realtalkrealtea !https://groomingfiles.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/file_00000000d7ec620a88fe1599fce840455581944333347081032.png?...
The Signs Were Always There — You Just Didn't Want to See Them
© By Sophie Lewis | The Grooming Files | The Indie Leaks | @realtalkrealtea !https://groomingfiles.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/file_00000000ac786243bc428c2bc7f0d14b5053866753254291383.pn...
Predator Excuses: The Lies They Tell — And the Truth Survivors Know
© By Sophie Lewis | The Grooming Files | The Indie Leaks | @realtalkrealtea !https://groomingfiles.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/file_00000000bfe86246ad4aaa1f64ec86df4718043292012323213.pn...
Convicted paedophile alleged to have worked with vulnerable inmates at Welsh prison
© Written By Sophie Lewis - The Grooming Files | The Indie Leaks | @realtalkrealtea Safeguarding Failure: Convicted paedophile allegedly allowed to work with vulnerable prisoners at a Welsh jail. Ful...
What the Fuck Just Happened? - The End
©️ By Sophie Lewis | The Grooming Files | The Indie Leaks | @realtalkrealtea --- The Emotional Fallout !https://groomingfiles.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/file_00000000aacc6246b4eb2ce...
Three Days With a Predator - Part Six
©️ By Sophie Lewis | The Grooming Files | The Indie Leaks | @realtalkrealtea --- The Mask, the Mirror, and the Meltdown !https://groomingfiles.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/image_edito...
Three Days With a Predator - Part Five
©️ By Sophie Lewis | The Grooming Files | The Indie Leaks | @realtalkrealtea --- You Thought I Wouldn’t Dare — So I Did !https://groomingfiles.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/file_000000...
Three Days with a Predator - Part Four
©️ By Sophie Lewis | The Grooming Files | The Indie Leaks | @realtalkrealtea The Reflection !https://groomingfiles.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/file_00000000f00861f8b0326850e903902d_co...
Three Days with a Predator - Part Three
©️ By Sophie Lewis | The Grooming Files | The Indie Leaks | @realtalkrealtea --- The Interview That Didn’t Happen — Until It Did https://videopress.com/v/31k1EE24?resizeToParent=true&cover=true&pr...
Three Days with a Predator - Part Two
©️ By Sophie Lewis | The Grooming Files | The Indie Leaks | Real Talk, Real Tea --- !https://groomingfiles.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/file_00000000c2146246ae4199609a2b2d70_conversatio...
Three Days with a Predator - Part One
©️ By Sophie Lewis | The Grooming Files | The Indie Leaks | @realtalkrealtea --- !https://groomingfiles.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/image_editor_output_image53159558-174485147300889953...
To the Ones Who’ve Shared Their Truth With Me
©️ By Sophie Lewis | The Grooming Files | The Indie Leaks | @realtalkrealtea !https://groomingfiles.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/file-tongzu86qwfeck8ydmaplw5345270040954007295.jpg?w=1024...
Too Raw for Headlines: I Interviewed a Predator — And Everyone Looked Away
©️ By Sophie, for The Grooming Files / Real Talk, Real Tea !https://groomingfiles.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/file_0000000090bc620ab9e25dcbc5e49bae_conversation_id3d67fae4e9-3b74-8002-87...
They Let a Rapist Walk — Then Came for Me
©️ By Sophie Lewis | The Indie Leaks | The Grooming Files | @realtalkrealtea “I’d Rather Die Than Be Attacked Again” !https://groomingfiles.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/messenger_creat...
EXPOSÉ: Behind The Mask – The Dark Truth About "The Masked Truth"
©️ Sophie Lewis | The Indie Leaks 06.04.2025 Founder Dan Brown aka Daniel Murray / David Barker !https://groomingfiles.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/fb_img_174397410279869342574406370589...
She Told Them All — And They Did Nothing: The Secret Files on Charlene Downes
©️ By Sophie Lewis | The Grooming Files | The Indie Leaks 06.04.25 !https://groomingfiles.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/file_0000000065b851f79c8f91288bf1714f_conversation_id3d67f295da-89c0...
Containment Protocol: How the UK System Silences Truth by Design
✍️©️ - By Sophie Lewis | The Grooming Files | The Indie Leaks | 06.04.2025 !https://groomingfiles.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/received_17939135678443922201267990088672155.jpeg?w=865 ---...
THE PAEDOS OF PARLIAMENT
© Sophie Lewis | The Indie Leaks | The Grooming Files --- The Hidden Archive of UK Politicians Convicted of Child Sexual Offences — and the System That Let Them Lead --- THEY SHOOK HANDS. THEY T...
Two Years, Eight Months for a Paedophile Cop: This Is How Systems Protect Their Own
©️ WRITTEN BY - SOPHIE LEWIS Convicted Police Inspector Thomas Kettleborough walked away with just two years, eight months for a string of child sex offences. Let that sink in. !https://grooming...
Predator Awareness and HMP Prisons Justice Group Stand Tall After Assault at MediaCity
©️ By Sophie Lewis - @realtalkrealtea !https://groomingfiles.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/fb_img_17432591469632719544264820251131.jpg?w=768 --- On Saturday, 29th March 2025, grassroots...
“WE SEE YOU”: Protesters Confront BBC Manchester Over Abuse, Silence, and Systemic Failure
©️ Written By - Sophie Lewis | The Grooming Files Media City, Manchester – LIVE, 29 March 2025 !https://groomingfiles.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/fb_img_1743259146963628647846290128226...
Three Years for Trying to Rape a Baby? That’s Not Justice. That’s Permission.
--- !https://groomingfiles.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/fb_img_1743032022555155401105975300839.jpg?w=1024Image Credit: South Wales Police ©️ Written By Sophie Lewis – The Grooming Files...
“They Let Him Groom Me at 13 – Then Gave Him Custody of Our Daughter” - A Survivors Story
©️ Written By - Sophie Lewis | The Grooming Files | Anonymous Survivor Report !https://groomingfiles.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/file_000000007a5c52308423afd23d3724d5_conversation_id3d67...
“Those Girls Go Looking for It”: The Words That Keep Us Silent
©️ Written By - Sophie Lewis !https://groomingfiles.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/file-6ctcrrqqjuxvfehgmsiuch1757850915481559876.jpg?w=1024 --- “Those Girls Go Looking for It” That’s wh...
When the System Fails, the Streets Speak: Paedophile Confronted, Justice Served?
One Less Predator, One More Broken System ©️ Written By - Sophie Lewis, The Grooming Files !https://groomingfiles.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/file-vanoxofsavpie5dptd9shq4170151802329141...
Another One I Knew – I Went to School With Him: Now He’s a Convicted Predator”
©️ Written by - Sophie Lewis, The Grooming Files. --- !https://groomingfiles.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/adam-john4395965412196276839.jpgImage Credit - https://www.south-wales.police.u...
The Final Reckoning – Why They Keep Getting AWAY With It
©️ By - Sophie Lewis !https://groomingfiles.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/file-8d9dltxdmkjkfku9yjy7dg1683546618088616124.jpg?w=1024 --- This Isn’t Ignorance. It’s a Blueprint. They’ll...
The Girls They Targeted – And What Happened to Them
©️ By - Sophie Lewis !https://groomingfiles.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/file-gxnhg5fasxxddycb2qypnv1833001627309189035.jpg?w=1024 --- You think it’s over when the message stops. When...
The Victim Cycle – How They Choose Their Targets (Then. Now. Still.)
©️ By - Sophie Lewis !https://groomingfiles.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/file-hsv8cipgd2avt7s6pjmynz4408670482000703716.jpg?w=1024 --- They didn’t choose victims at random back then....
How They Hide in Plain Sight – The Tricks Predators Use to Blend In
©️ By - Sophie Lewis !https://groomingfiles.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/file-7fdnsuhg5gaaiishgej1xo281295728938983025660557.jpg?w=1024 --- He shook your hand. He smiled at you. He he...
We Grew Up Surrounded by Predators – And No One Gave a Shit.
©️ By Sophie Lewis !https://groomingfiles.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/file-8p6nqctrkuxcfxyr272ksz7515094629303365065.jpg?w=1024 --- This isn’t a story about one girl and one predator....
"I Knew Him – Now He’s a Convicted Predator"
--- ©️ By Sophie Lewis | Grooming Files !https://groomingfiles.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/fb_img_17424139919373437099264289395861.jpg?w=1024 We were just kids. Drinking, hanging out,...
BREAKING: 22-Year-Old Inmate Sexually Assaulted at HMP Swansea
!https://lifeunscripteduk.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/screenshot_20250218_204614_com_facebook_katana_mediagalleryactivity1168817070633063882.jpg > > ©️ By Sophie Lewis > > > > > >...
The Gaps in Protection: Why Wales Lacks the Resources to Track and Prevent Child Sexual Abuse
©️ By Sophie Lewis, Independent Writer !https://groomingfiles.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/file-4p2fml8wkq3xerjn8l5j3j1428441466651810141.jpg?w=1024 The Problem No One Talks About In W...
The Frontline Against Predators: How UK Sting Teams Are Fighting for Justice
!https://groomingfiles.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/file-y5jzpg1sbyxeadtsnww8ns3321239097146799493.jpg?w=1024 ©️ By Sophie Lewis, Independent Writer A Growing Movement for Child Protec...
Cwmbran Community Calls for Action: Protest Against Convicted Sex Offender’s Housing Placement
!https://groomingfiles.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/image_editor_output_image-1141138307-17420836093772626990286926765506.jpg?w=778Image Credit: Protect Our Children. Residents Demand R...
Child Sexual Abuse in Wales: The Reality Behind the Numbers
!https://groomingfiles.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/image_editor_output_image-603009-1742041251404176008671089888850.jpg?w=1024 --- How Big is the Problem? Child sexual abuse CSA is a...
Cwmbran Chef Peter Arnott Arrested After Coordinated Exposure Operation
!https://groomingfiles.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/fb_img_17419946050546362774367230320340.jpg?w=739 --- Police Arrest Suspect After Exposure Teams Track Him Across South Wales Cwmbra...
Tredegar Resident Confronted by Dank Dragon Exposure in Live Sting
!https://groomingfiles.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/fb_img_17420002486285317771671780704457.jpg?w=739 --- Police Enter Property During Recording Tredegar, Wales – A dramatic confrontat...