In the winter of 2021, the future for exceptionally talented mixed martial artist Shaqueme Rock looked bleak.
Six years on the run had ended in Belfast on October 9, with a tap on the shoulder from the Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI). The self-described street kid was carted back to Liverpool to face trial over a violent burglary back in 2014 which he did not commit.
Shaqueme, known as Shem to friends, family and his growing MMA fanbase, spent six months on remand at HMP Liverpool in Walton, where he was forced to "switch back on" the mindset he used on the streets.
