Burnt as a child, Feleng Mahamotse is now a poster boy for fire victims

Chance meeting on the Thames led to iconic photograph of teen

07 July 2019 - 00:00 By KATHARINE CHILD

The burn scars 17-year-old Feleng Mahamotse carries struck an immediate chord with London photographer Alison Romanczuk...

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