When BBC Midlands Today presenter Ashley Blake was on screen, viewers saw a friendly, charming face.
When he was found guilty of unlawful wounding and attempting to pervert the course of justice, the world was shocked to learn of a long list of previous convictions.
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Just before he was jailed, he told MAUREEN MESSENT of his childhood in inner city Birmingham and his early year of petty crime.
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