At school he was classed as a troublemaker, at home he was seen as a disruptive influence who got in the with the wrong crowd and ended up in foster care…and from there it was a short step to car crime, shoplifting and street robberies.
By the time he was 19, Lloyd Sylvester was serving two years in prison for a nightclub armed robbery. The next 20 years saw him drifting from job to job, working for cash in hand and sleeping on whichever friend’s sofa was available. There was a relationship for a while and Lloyd is now a proud father to his young daughter.
But it was only when he saw a sign for Sheffield charity Emmaus Sheffield that Lloyd decided he would call in for a chat and take the first steps to finally getting his life back on track.
