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Thursday, September 08, 2011

Knife Crime

Updated - 31.10.2018 *

Knife crime? Forget trying to tackle it. The Tories pledged to be tough on crime: 7th July 2008. (Nothing here now. Not a trace * - DA). That's why they are walking away from the general issue. Prison - off drugs? It's where many begin their eventual addiction.

16th January 2016 - Murder Arrests After Boy Stabbed At Party.
(DA)

It has always appeared that 'talking up' ('talking the walk') by what is planned is enough. Actually enforcing ('walking the talk') the rhetoric just waits in the wings of government. Placing restrictions on buying a knife does nothing about other weapons. Any hardware outlet has some fearsome workman's tools that make a knife quite ordinary. Cutlery sets are an alternative. Anyone with a little creativity can find a 'knife'. Or screwdriver. If incapable of inflicting damage on another person without a weapon, tools will always provide a substitutes. So much for the Tories being tough on crime.

'Anecdotal' stories have filled newspapers ever afterwards. Almost every day another report of a knife attack makes the headlines: 5th September 2011, 7th September 2011

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  1. The victim, 20-year-old Rio Andre, was attacked in Ladbroke Grove on Monday and suffered stab wounds to his abdomen and hand. Police charged the 16-year-old boy with ...
    news.sky.com/home/uk-news/article/16059058
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  2. On UK news ... court over riot attack on Malaysian student; 5. Man arrested over fatal stabbing ...
    www.guardian.co.uk/uk/feedarticle/9821968
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  3. A 16-year-old boy and four men have been arrested over the stabbing of a man on the second day of the Notting Hill Carnival in west London. The victim, who is aged 20 ...
    www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-14716306
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  4. Two men and two women have been charged with attempted murder after a 19-year-old man was stabbed in north Belfast earlier this week. The victim remains in a stable ...
    www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-14775371
  5. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/crime/8730016/Knife-wielding-man-pictured-running-from-scene-of-Notting-Hill-Carnival-stabbing.html
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  6. The festivities were marred though, by the stabbing of a 20-year-old man towards ... On UK news
    www.guardian.co.uk/uk/feedarticle/9821751
  7. A passer-by tries to trip a man fleeing the scene of the stabbing at Notting Hill Carnival (Oli Scarff/Getty) The individual was taken into custody in west London ...
    www.metro.co.uk/news/873853-notting-hill-carnival...
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  8. UK News :: The husband who’s accused of stabbing new bride to death - Breaking news from around the UK
    www.express.co.uk/posts/view/269452/The-husband-who-s...
  9. Mr Simatchenko was reluctant to accept any praise for his actions after his identity was revealed, dismissing his brave actions as 'nothing'. The image of the 55-year ...
    www.metro.co.uk/news/874105-notting-hill-carnival...
  10. A 16-year-old boy has been charged over a knife attack at the Notting Hill Carnival. - MSN News - MSN UK
    news.uk.msn.com/uk/teen-charged-over-notting-hill...
    1. Two men and two women are charged with attempted murder after a 19-year-old man was stabbed in north Belfast earlier this week.
      www.uk-news-ss.com/four-charged-after-city-stabbing
    2. UK News :: Boy held over carnival stabbing - Breaking news from around the UK
      www.express.co.uk/posts/view/268071/Stabbing-mars...
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    3. A teenager, believed to be a 19-year-old man, is in a serious condition in hospital after a stabbing incident in north Belfast .
      www.uk-news-ss.com/teenager-serious-after-stabbing
    4. Three teenagers are being quizzed by detectives after a 17-year-old was fatally stabbed following reports of a fight, police have said. - Three teenagMSN News - MSN UK
      news.uk.msn.com/uk/articles.aspx?cp-documentid=152232959
    5. A man is in a serious condition in hospital after being stabbed at the Notting Hill Carnival which saw an unprecedented security police operation amid fears
      news.aol.co.uk/uk-news/story/stabbing-spoils-peaceful...
    6. A man with a bloodied knife flees moments after a reveller is stabbed at the Notting Hill Carnival. In an extraordinary picture, the young man, left of centre ...
      www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/stabbing-mars...
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    7. Scotland Yard named a man stabbed to death in Stoke Newington, north-east London, as Trevor Monerville, 26, of Hackney, north-east London. He was found on the ...
      www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/street-stabbing-1430535.html
    8. ... property as florist, 72, will NOT face charges for stabbing ... said: ‘Everyone will be delighted at this latest news ... sparkle in blues and greens at the launch party UK's ...
      www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2034665/Cecil-Coley-72...
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    9. A SCHOOLBOY has been stabbed in the same spot where a student was killed after asking yobs to stop throwing conkers at him. The 15-year-old has been taken to hospital ...
      www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/3802798/Second...
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    10. Four teenagers have been charged with murdering 16-year-old Kodjo Yenga, who was stabbed to death in London. Kodjo, of Portland Road, Notting Hill, died after he was ...
      news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/london/6461113.stm
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    1. Stabbing, Stabbing news, photos


      Link unuathorised by Yahoo! - DA

      stabbing - RecentNews.co.uk ... Two men and two women are charged with attempted murder after a 19-year-old man was stabbed in north Belfast earlier this week. ...
    2. Cecil Coley, 72, is in police custody today after dramatic scenes at a florists on Shewsbury Street, Old Trafford, at 9.40pm last night. It is understood the shop was ...
      www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/crime/8664954/72-year...
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    3. A 16-year-old boy has been arrested after a man was stabbed at the Notting Hill Carnival, Scotland Yard has said. The boy was arrested in west London on Tuesday ...
      www.walesonline.co.uk/news/uk-news/2011/08/30/boy-held...
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    4. The government has launched a series of hard-hitting adverts, featuring gruesome images of mutilated hands and knives sticking out of victims’ chests. But even ...
      blogs.reuters.com/uknews/2008/06/05/witnessing-a-stabbing
    5. Watch the video 'Appeal Over Notting Hill Carnival Stabbing' on Yahoo! News. sky_uknews
      uk.news.yahoo.com/video/skyuknews-14438125/appeal-over...
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    6. ... man, named as Philip Hulmes, had locked himself inside the property and was stabbing ... Terms & Conditions | UK News Feed
      news.sky.com/home/uk-news/article/16055968
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    7. Read 'Boy held over carnival stabbing' on Yahoo!. A 16-year-old boy has been arrested after a man was stabbed at the Notting Hill Carnival, Scotland Yard has said.
      uk.news.yahoo.com/stabbing-mars-peaceful-carnival...
    8. An elderly flower shop owner arrested on suspicion of stabbing an armed robber to death during a gunpoint raid will not face any charges, it emerged today. In what ...
      www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2034665/Cecil-Coley-72...
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    9. This link is out of date for free viewing - DA

      Man dies in Penge street stabbing: A 23-year-old man dies in hospital after being stabbed in south-east London... Front Page on One News Page[UK] on Sunday, 13 February ...
      www.onenewspage.co.uk/news/Front+Page/20110213/19619222/...
    10. A man suspected of killing six people, including his wife and two young children, has been described by friends as a "really good father". The 30-year-old man, named ...
      www.birminghampost.net/news/uk-news/2011/08/15/stabbing...

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