Six in ten people say knife carriers should face automatic jail – Daily Telegraph

Posted January 13th, 2009 in news, offensive weapons, sentencing by sally

“Six in ten adults think anyone caught illegally carrying knife should face an automatic jail sentence to curb the menace.”

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Daily Telegraph, 12th January 2009

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Home Office flouted guidelines in 10 ways over knife crime statistics – The Guardian

Posted January 7th, 2009 in crime, news, offensive weapons, statistics by sally

“The early release of knife crime statistics by the Home Office last month flouted new official guidelines in 10 different ways, the UK statistics authority said today.”

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The Guardian, 6th January 2009

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Courts going too easy on knife crime – The Observer

Posted December 15th, 2008 in news, offensive weapons, sentencing by sally

“The government’s attempts to tackle knife crime are being undermined because the tough new sentences it introduced for those caught in possession of a blade are not being handed down in the courts.”

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The Observer, 14th December 2008

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Knife yobs fined as little as £1 – Daily Telegraph

Posted November 19th, 2008 in fines, news, offensive weapons, sentencing by sally

“Yobs caught with knives are escaping with as little as a £1 fine, it has emerged.”

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Daily Telegraph, 18th November 2008

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Met defends stop-and-search tactics as it claims limited success in reducing knife crime – The Guardian

Posted November 18th, 2008 in news, offensive weapons, police, stop and search by sally

“The Metropolitan police yesterday claimed a limited success in the fight against knife crime, citing a 12% fall in incidents since May, but at the price of long-term resentment over the widespread use of stop-and-search needed to achieve it.”

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The Guardian, 18th November 2008

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Life sentence over knife in skull – BBC News

“A teenager is to serve at least seven years for attempted murder after stabbing a boy in the head.”

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BBC News, 6th November 2008

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Gardener arrested and taken to court for carrying work scythe in van – Daily Telegraph

Posted October 10th, 2008 in Crown Prosecution Service, news, offensive weapons, prosecutions by sally

“A judge has ordered the Crown Prosecution Service to make a public apology to a gardener who was arrested and taken to court for carrying a scythe which he said he needed for his work.”

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Daily Telegraph, 9th October 2008

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Plan to phase out complex police forms by end of 2009 – The Independent

Posted September 5th, 2008 in news, offensive weapons, police, stop and search by sally

“Controversial forms which police have to fill in every time they stop someone in the street should be phased out by the end of next year, a Home Office minister said today.”

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The Independent, 4th September 2008

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Just one in 5,000 children caught carrying knives are locked up – Daily Telegraph

Posted August 27th, 2008 in children, news, offensive weapons, sentencing by sally

“Only one in 5,000 children who are caught carrying knives are locked up for their crime, figures out today show.”

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Daily Telegraph, 27th August 2008

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Judge promises end to lenient sentences for knife crime – Daily Telegraph

Posted August 20th, 2008 in news, offensive weapons, sentencing by sally

“A judge has publicly promised a clamp down on knife crime, saying the ‘days of lenient sentences’ were over.”

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Daily Telegraph, 19th August 2008

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London knife possession charges fall 50% – The Guardian

Posted August 11th, 2008 in London, news, offensive weapons by sally

“The number of people charged with knife possession in London has fallen by half in the past four years, police said today.”

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The Guardian, 11th August 2008

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Crackdown on shops selling knives to teenagers – The Guardian

Posted August 11th, 2008 in news, offensive weapons by sally

“Retailers to face ‘mystery shopper’ crackdown as part of drive to tackle knife crime.”

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The Guardian, 11th August 2008

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Jack Straw failed to intervene on ‘soft’ knife sentences – Daily Telegraph

Posted August 4th, 2008 in news, offensive weapons, sentencing by sally

“The Sentencing Guildelines Council, headed by senior judges, was forced to introduce tougher sentences in response to the public outcry over the recent spate of fatal stabbings.”

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Daily Telegraph, 3rd August 2008

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Judge pulls out knife during court case – Daily Telegraph

Posted July 25th, 2008 in judges, news, offensive weapons by sally

“Judge Roger Connor brandished the pocket knife in front of a teenage defendant during the hearing at Oxford Crown Court.”

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Daily Telegraph, 25th July 2008

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Child knife sellers ‘not jailed’ – BBC News

Posted July 23rd, 2008 in children, news, offensive weapons by sally

“No one was jailed for selling a knife to a child in England and Wales in the five years up to 2006, it has emerged.”

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BBC News, 23rd July 2008

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Another fatal stabbing, but police ignore demands to prosecute knife offenders – The Times

Posted July 21st, 2008 in news, offensive weapons, police by sally

“A government edict to get tough on knife offenders is being ignored by police forces throughout the country, despite mounting public concern and a spate of killings.”

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The Times, 21st July 2008

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Another stab death as police call for more search powers – The Observer

Posted July 21st, 2008 in offensive weapons, police, special report by sally

“As a man dies close to where Ben Kinsella was killed, beat officers warn that they are struggling to win the war against knife crime.”

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The Observer, 20th July 2008

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Inner-cities saw 55% of knife and gun crime – The Guardian

Posted July 18th, 2008 in crime, firearms, news, offensive weapons, statistics by sally

“More than 55% of knife and gun crime attacks in the past year were concentrated in inner-city areas of London, Birmingham and Manchester, according to Home Office statistics published yesterday.”

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The Guardian, 18th July 2008

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Knife crime: Killer jailed for life for stabbing 17-year-old – The Guardian

Posted July 18th, 2008 in murder, news, offensive weapons, sentencing by sally

“A man who stabbed to death a 17-year-old student at a New Year’s Eve party in east London last year has been jailed for life.”

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The Guardian, 18th July 2008

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Juvenile informers are the answer to knife crime wave – The Times

Posted July 17th, 2008 in investigatory powers, news, offensive weapons, young offenders by sally

“There is something very flawed about the Government’s response to knife crime. To be fair, none of the political parties has come up with an effective way of tackling the problem.”

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The Times, 17th July 2008

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