Mum's heartbroken shame over 'gang member' son

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'I thought I was a failure, I was embarrassed by what he was doing, I was ashamed.' 9News

But as Mitchell progressed through his teenage years, he fell in with the wrong crowd: a Cranbourne street-gang knows as "The Reds"."He met the gang members at the employment agency. 'Gypsy' was my son's tag," Vivienne said, showing us Mitchell's collection of gang-tags on a large sheet in his bedroom.

Vivienne felt powerless, a feeling that would only grow worse when she was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis. "It's extremely hard talking about it. It's hard because I'm ashamed. I feel like my son's let me down. I would love to be proud of him. I was proud of him but not anymore."

 

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