Born in London in 1957 Peter spent his childhood playing in the ruins of buildings left from WW2. Brought up in a troubled family to accept crime as a way of life, he soon found himself in an approved school for house burglary - at the age of 12.

Subsequently crime, drugs and alcohol became the three main things in his life. He has spent 18 years in prison and other institutions, and expected to die in a prison cell.

But all this changed when he heard about something called 'Restorative Justice'. In prison on remand for aggravated burglaries, his case came into the Home Office Restorative Conferencing Crown Court trials and, having pleaded guilty, he met two of his victims in a face-to-face conference prior to sentence. This was the turning point in his life.

He then completed the "Turning Point" and RAPT programmes during what became his last prison sentence, and he has since studied on other courses. He is now a happily married man living a crime/drug/alcohol free life. He works with offenders on PPO and IOM Projects helping to turn them away from a life of crime.

His book "The Damage Done" was published by Bantam Press in May 2008.