Yes it’s not nice. He should be able to be outside at 5pm in Hackney but the darkness of winter and the lack of CCTV in the park makes it a crap time to be out and about for a 14 year old.
Fully grown men were being robbed of their bromptons etc in broad day light at that park. That and the lee valley canal area near Tottenham are notorious for muggings unfortunately. Stay clear of those I say.
Yes it’s not nice. He should be able to be outside at 5pm in Hackney but the darkness of winter and the lack of CCTV in the park makes it a crap time to be out and about for a 14 year old.