One source of trouble - aside from being overweight, dyslexic, and asthmatic - was a local bully named Brett Rogers. The thug was a constant, nasty menace who bullied Edd from pillar to post, despite being mates with his brother Sam. "Brett was never allowed to come to our house because my parents knew that he would be mean to me. They identified him because his footprint was on there.”“He wrote, ‘I'm sorry’ on a piece of paper like a hundred times. But it felt like forever.”'He's covered in blood, laughing'Why Rogers had turned up at Edd’s door remains unclear.

Source: The Times October 03, 2025 15:00 UTC