An 11-year sentence, a failed Rolex heist, a child refugee running from political persecution, and a man who honestly admits:“That one decision still haunts me to this day.”In this powerful episode of The Blue Tick Show, Mikey sits down with Vic – a former armed robber who went from Cameroon to a South London council estate, got dragged into crime by the pursuit of money, and ended up serving over a decade behind bars for armed robbery and joint enterprise.Vic breaks down, in brutal detail, how you go from selling weed for a winter jacket…to robbing a Rolex jewellery store in Bournemouth,to high-speed motorway chases, helicopters above, and finally walking into prison thinking: “I knew I was going to end up here.”Inside jail, he experiences:Young Offenders chaosThe reality of a dispersal prison (“one stop from hell”) surrounded by lifersYears in solitary confinement, paranoia and survivalThe moment his mindset finally flips from ego to growth, fuelled by books like The Power of Now and deep self-reflectionNow, Vic is:A musician (project: “A Thousand Burpees”)An actor with a BAFTA-winning production on his CVA mentor and course creator teaching “transferable skills and comfort blankets” to help young people turn street skills into business skillsBuilding a label (Glory Days Records) and planning a new life in the Middle East to secure legacy for his kidsThis is more than a prison story. It’s about:Growing up as a refugee kid with no parents aroundTrauma-bonding on the estate and calling it “brotherhood”The spiritual signs he ignored on the day of the Rolex robberyHow crime is like a “university of criminology” and why prison doesn’t rehabilitateTurning robbery planning skills into entrepreneurship, structure and disciplineIf you’re young, on the roads, lost, or just obsessed with real, raw transformation stories, this episode will hit hard.🔔 WATCH NEXT / SUPPORTSubscribe to The Blue Tick Show for more real-life transformation storiesDrop a comment if this episode hit you or made you rethink the street lifeShare this with someone who’s on the edge of going down the wrong pathHas your car broken down ? get in touch with https://www.instagram.com/monacomotorgroup/?hl=en-gbFollow The BlueTick Show On All Platforms Here!Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thebluetickshowSnapchat: https://www.snapchat.com/add/mikeymelin1Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@TheBluetickShowSpotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/45FTJt5SYMEQzS39IVnVM6?si=a21c92f042e2415cFor all sponsorship enquires email us at [email protected] Mikey Here:https://www.instagram.com/mikeymelin