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Harman, then 16, when he started to flee his fateful night, Liberia-born Kristina said: “He saying,sa ‘That’s fine, take my blood, just hurry up.’ attackers. Moments later he gasped to Rachel: phoned me just after 8pm to say, ‘I enjoyed the I remember walking through a corridor in the “They’re chasing me! They’re chasing me!” film, I love you loads.’ I told him to phone me hospital and when I got outside I sat on the
Adam was stabbed once with a sword-like weapon when he got on the bus, and he said, ‘OK Mum’. pavement. That’s when it hit me. which had an 8in blade. A knife thought to have “I tried to phone him after 9pm but there was “Now I know he will never come home. But I been the one used to kill him was later recovered. no answer. When I tried again later someone wantw those responsible to be caught.”
Detectives worked on theories that he was a victim answered his phone and it was the police. Last night detectives from Scotland Yard’s of mistaken identity, caught up in a feud between “They said they needed to come pick me up HomicideH and Major Crime Command unit gangs or that he was killed in a gruesome ritual. because Adam had had an accident. I sat in the e confirmedco the probe into Adam’s murder was still
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erd nicked his heart. Recalling the rolling up my sleeves and Police Force Wiltshire Hampshire Cambs South Wales Thames Valley Hertfordshire Warwickshire Northumbria Cumbria Northants Met Police 2015 offences 120 342 186 356 446 255 114 492 130 185 3,670 THE number of children aged ten to 17 caught carrying knives has rocketed over the past year.
In some areas there has been a shocking 20 per cent increase, taking the numbers to an eight-year peak.
Campaigners have accused the Tories of failing to keep a pledge made by PM David Cameron in 2015 to stamp out knife crime.
Danny O’Brien of Anti-Knife UK said: “These figures will shock anyone who doesn’t regularly follow knife crime.
“It has got so bad that many teens see it as being as normal as somebody getting knocked down.
“Knife crime has been allowed to spiral by Governments only giving the problem lip service, Campaigners are being ignored and the CPS and judges need to get tougher on carriers.”
Highest
Mr Cameron introduced legislation setting out minimum six- month sentences for anyone convicted of possession of a blade for a second time. It was meant as a deterrent.
But new figures reveal last year there were 18,492 cautions or convictions for having a knife – a rise of 10.5 per cent in the last 12 months alone.
Children aged 10 to 17 accounted for 3,786 of these offences while one in every five offenders is recorded as being a juvenile, the highest proportion since 2009.
The 2016 statistics from the Ministry of Justice show that in 19 of the 43 police areas the numbers caught with knives increased by more than 10 per cent year on year. In London, there was an a rise of 21 per cent as the numbers soared from 3,670 in 2015 to last year’s tally of 4,441.
Meanwhile forces i n Northumbria, S o u t h Wa l e s , Hampshire and Hertfordshire also saw a sharp rise.
Justice Minister Sam Gyimah said: “Knife crime ruins lives and devastates communities and those who carry blades should feel the full force of the law.” 2016 offences 168 451 244 445 555 317 141 608 159 225 4,441 % Rise 40.0 31.9 31.2 25.0 24.4 24.3 23.7 23.6 22.3 21.6 21.0