Separated by a rail line and bleak stretch of the A407, the Stonebridge estate is less than a five-minute walk from its counterpart in Church Road.Yet for the hundreds of teenagers and young people who live on either of the estates in Brent, north-west London, visiting the other is not an option.
The area is claimed as territory by organised gangs such as Church Road’s CSB (Crime Scene Boyz) and the TOS (Thugs of Stonebridge), and rival factions from the two estates have committed tit-for-tat killings for more than 20 years.
