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"It was a natural thing for me"

Reformed career criminal Michael Longsmith on how he began a life of crime.

"My mum was brought up in a wild family, in her early days she did ram-raids and all kinds of stuff. I've got no memories of any crime. She brought me up really well.

"If I was in an office I've be looking around for what draw I could have a mooch through.

"It felt very strange, I couldn't understand why? What was missing from my life?"

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