An ex-gang boss was "brought to tears" after watching Little Boy Blue which inspired him to turn his life around.
Sicarius McGrath groomed children into organised crime groups across the North West and "flooded the streets with guns" as he was once described as a "monumental risk to the public". But in 2017, his criminal lifestyle hit home after watching the programme in his cell on the murder of 11-year-old Rhys Jones, the Manchester Evening News reports.
Little Boy Blue, shown in four episodes, tells the story of how Rhys Jones was shot dead when caught in the crossfire of two gun-wielding gangs in Liverpool - an event that shocked the city. The crime-series tracks the incident and the subsequent police investigation, ending with the scenes within Liverpool Crown Court.
