My mother slept with an AK47 by her bed to protect us. Now I want to make London’s streets safer
Sara Gezdari was a child refugee from Albania whose her father tried to defect to the UK to play professional football – now she hopes to be the Tory candidate for London mayor. She explains it all to political editor David Maddox

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My mother slept with an AK47 by her bed to protect us. Now I want to make London’s streets safer (opens The Independent in a new tab)
Sara Gezdari was a child refugee from Albania whose her father tried to defect to the UK to play professional football – now she hopes to be the Tory candidate for London mayor. She explains it all to political editor David Maddox


