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Young men caught up in extremism ‘in search for belonging’, says UK youth violence campaigner

Jacob Dunne condemns Farage’s call for ‘pure cold rage’ but says underlying causes of volatile behaviour must be acknowledged

The Guardian - UK · Jun 21

Punch at the Young Vic review: 'a tragic true story turned into devastating theatre'

4/5 The true story of a young man who killed another young man with a single punch is here transformed into a play that truly hits home

Evening Standard · Mar 11, 2025

Killed with one blow: the true story behind Punch at the Young Vic

James Graham’s Punch has arrived at the Young Vic having already made waves for its depiction of young male violence and restorative justice

Evening Standard · Mar 4, 2025

Punch review – James Graham’s tragic study of a fatal blow

A teenager kills a trainee paramedic with a single strike on a night out in Nottingham in this deftly directed play based on a real story

The Guardian - UK · May 10, 2024

One punch killer Jacob Dunne says meeting victim's parents transformed him

“It’s about having difficult conversations and everybody being able to express the harm that’s been caused to them"

Nottingham Post · Nov 25, 2022

Threats against members of Congress have spiked sharply in recent years

From a baseball practice shooting to regular threats to members to the insurrection, threats of violence are growing

The Independent UK · Oct 28, 2022

One-punch killer thanks parents of his victim for helping to change his life

Jacob Dunne was given a 30-month prison sentence for manslaughter and then wanted revenge on a friend that 'snitched' on him, then he met his victims parents

Daily Mirror · Jul 17, 2022

One punch killer Jacob Dunne tells how victim's parents helped him turn his life around

He has documented his journey in Right from Wrong: My Story of Guilt and Redemption

Nottingham Post · Jul 17, 2022

Right from Wrong; Criminal; The Life Inside review – the problem with our prisons

Three different viewpoints on the UK’s system of incarceration – by Jacob Dunne, Angela Kirwin and Andy West – examine the human cost of our investment in punishment rather than rehabilitation

The Guardian - UK · May 30, 2022

The man who killed a stranger with a single punch, and then turned his life around

Jacob Dunne spent his life dealing drugs and getting into fights until, in 2011, he struck a deadly blow. Then meeting his victim’s parents changed everything

The Guardian - UK · May 14, 2022