Former child genius turned to crime to feed heroin addiction, court told

By Mark Russell
Updated February 1 2013 - 4:08pm, first published 3:50pm

At the age of two, Christopher Hopely was considered a child genius, and could recite the alphabet both forwards and backwards.

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