‘I was just trying to help son escape gang culture,’ says accused mother

A mother accused of helping her son flee the country after he allegedly took part in the zombie knife murder of a schoolboy said she was trying to help him escape gang culture. Allison Scott, 54, a hairdresser and church chorister, is charged with assisting an offender by booking a flight to Gambia for Romario Gordon and taking him to Heathrow on 3 July 2021. Her son Romario Gordon was a suspect in the murder of Camron Smith, 16, who…