John Boyega has revealed he was ‘directly affected’ by the killing of his ten-year-old childhood friend Damilola Taylor, saying he also ‘came close’ to violence as a boy.
The Star Wars actor has reflected on the short life of Damilola before he was fatally stabbed yards from his home in Peckham, south-east London, in November 2000.
Boyega was one of the last people who saw Damilola alive before the killing, which became a crucial moment in sparking a national conversation around knife crime.
They became friends at Oliver Goldsmith Primary School after Damilola moved from Nigeria a few months before his death, with both
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