Pre-convictions
Whiting, who grew up in Crawley as the second of three children born to George and Pamela Whiting, who divorced during the 1970s, left school in 1975 with no academic qualifications and over the next few years found himself employed in several different jobs, including doing deliveries for the local Co-operative store and working as a car mechanic and paintsprayer at a local garage.
In 1986 he married a 19-year-old woman who became pregnant the same year; however, they separated just before the birth of their son and were divorced in 1989.
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