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'I have a fighting spirit!': the Windrush boxer who lost everything " then battled his way back

by Simon Hattenstone

Vernon Vanriel was a talented athlete who fought crack addiction, was sectioned twice and beaten up by police officers. Finally he ended up stateless in Jamaica. A new play tells his extraordinary life story Vernon Vanriel thinks it's ironic that a play about his life is now considered newsworthy. "For 13 years nobody wanted to know. Nobody wanted to listen to my story," says the former boxer. Actually, Vanriel is pl…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 5:00am on January 10, 2023