A man jailed more than 30 times for offences related to his drug dependence is trying to pay back to society and make amends.
Jamie Lee Headey was at one point a renowned shoplifter who received 33 prison sentences as he desperately tried to fund his dependence to crack cocaine. But the 41-year-old, who has spent the past 22 years in-and-out of prison, has now been clean for 17 months and has finished his prison licence for the first time in his life.
The dad-of-five told the ECHO of the "guilt and shame" he feels for his past life - and is now focused on making "as many amends to society and the people of Liverpool". Mr Headey, who grew up in Childwall, said "the best way I can do that is to live a normal, law-abiding life".
