He subsequently became one of the first people to bring The Big Issue into Cambridge, and his work as an activist for the homeless began when he presented a short BBC2 documentary, Private Investigations, denouncing police plans to ban homeless people from the city centre. Whilst living in a subterranean multi-storey car park, he was rescued by two outreach workers, and was found a flat to live in. In 1998, following a five-year jail sentence for armed robbery, Shorter's life reached its lowest ebb. He also fathered one son, the Little'Un, who lives in Norwich. During his adult life, Shorter was in and out of various homeless hostels, as well as spending much time in prison for a number of violent crimes. Here, he was abused again by the paedophile Keith Laverack, who in 1997, was jailed for 18 years for various offences against children. As a child, Shorter was sexually abused by his brother, and also by a babysitter, after which he was put into a children's home.
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