Rav Wilding
| Rav Wilding | |
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| Born |
16 October 1977 Canterbury, Kent, England |
| Nationality | British |
| Education | Fulston Manor School |
| Occupation | Television presenter, former British Army soldier, former Police officer |
| Known for | Police officer, television presenter, security guard |
Rav Wilding (born 16 October 1977) is an English television presenter, whose former professions include security guard at Harrods, soldier, police officer and from June 2004 to December 2011 was a presenter on Crimewatch. He has presented Crimewatch Roadshow since 2009 to present
Born in Canterbury, Kent, Wilding is the second of five children born to a Mauritian father and an English mother who were both nurses. He attended Fulston Manor School in Sittingbourne, Kent.
After a family breakup, Wilding had to leave home at a young age due to social housing not being willing to accommodate him with his mother and younger siblings after he had turned 16. After completing an apprenticeship in dry lining, the first in the UK to complete the qualification, he then opted to join the military aged 17.
After secondary school, he took an apprenticeship in construction before joining the British Army at seventeen. Wilding served in the 5th airborne brigade in the specialist air defence unit "P-Troop", an elite unit within the British army often referred to as a "feeder unit" to the Special forces. After sustaining a serious leg break, Wilding was forced to leave the Army after only 4 years.
Upon leaving the army in 1999, Wilding started working at Harrods in Knightsbridge as part of the security team. After approximately nine months at Harrods, Wilding's application to join the Metropolitan Police Service was accepted and he started training school. Wilding joined the Service at the start of 2000 and was posted to Peckham in South London. While based at Peckham in Southwark, he was involved in the high-profile police investigation surrounding the death of Damilola Taylor. Wilding was part of a specialist unit specifically created in the aftermath of the murder where he worked on the tough North Peckham Estate where Taylor was killed.
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