Background
Reo-Coker was born in Thornton Heath, Croydon. As a child, Reo-Coker spent six years in Sierra Leone where his father, Ransford, was a doctor. He moved back to London with his mother Agnes-Lucinda and sisters Natalie and Vanessa and brother Glenn when his parents split up in 1990. As a child he attended Riddlesdown High School in Purley, Croydon.
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