Early Life
Morton was born in Nottingham, England, the third child to Peter Morton and Pamela Freebury, a factory worker. She has a brother and a sister — Marcus (born 1971) is a Royal Marine, Penny (born 1972), who works with children with learning disabilities; and six half-siblings from her parents' relationships, subsequent to their 1979 divorce. At the age of seven, Morton was made a ward of court and never lived with her natural parents again. The next nine years were spent in and out of foster care and children's homes. She attended West Bridgford Comprehensive School. Under the effects of drugs, she threatened an older girl who had been bullying her. She was convicted of making threats to kill. She served 18 weeks in an attendance centre. Morton said in an interview, "as a child I had a serious anger problem, but from the age of 16 I've been trying to turn bad things into positives." After leaving care, she lived in a hostel for the homeless and worked on a Youth Training Scheme in hairdressing.
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