UK Channel 4 News Presenter’s CSA Blog Post

Veteran UK Channel 4 News anchor Jon Snow has blogged about his abduction by a paedophile aged six, following up on writing about the incident in his autobiography. The Guardian has the story here and the direct link to the post is here.

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