I moved to England after having a gun held to my face I was in a situation with an old high-school buddy back in Georgia in the US, playing cards and gambling. He was on crack and he caught me cheating. That thing they say about your life flashing before your eyes – it's true. I'd always wanted to see England and I promised myself that, if I got out of that situation, I'd go. I was mad, too, that I'd got busted by a crackhead!

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SOCA has refused to disclose the names of companies who commissioned corrupt private investigators who broke the law

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The headquarters of MI6, the Secret Intelligence Service, in Vauxhall, London

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Charlotte Harris, of law firm Mishcon de Reya which had hired private investigators

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Metropolitan Police Commander Neil Basu speaks to the Home Affairs Select Committee

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