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As London suffered it’s third night of violence, one woman in Hackney has been praised for standing up to the rioters and telling the groups of looters to stop their violence, claiming she was ashamed to be a “Hackney person” as a result of their actions.

Pauline Pearce, 45, a grandmother, jazz singer and community radio activist, shook her walking stick at youths, told them they were looters without a cause and said it made her ashamed to come from Hackney

Known as “Lady P” she has a Monday afternoon show on “Conscious FM” which she calls “More Love” and has run a community project called “Do something for Life.”

The video of her speech was originally filmed by the Daily Telegraph’s Matthew Moore but has since been uploaded onto YouTube and one version has already been watched over one million times.

Viewers of the clip have praised the unnamed woman’s bravery, with many agreeing with her claim that the groups are no longer ‘fighting for a cause’ and are instead ruining people’s livelihoods.