Knife Crime

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• Aspects of a racist diatribe

  
  LENIN'S TOMB — Authority: 578
  Rod Liddle has been churning out sub-BNP racist provocations for a while now. The latest , taking a horribly violent criminal plot as its cue, issues the following judgment on multiculturalism: It could be an anomaly, of course. But it isn’t. The overwhelming majority of street crime, knife crime, gun crime, ...
  3 days ago

• Knifepoint Robbery

  
  From My Bottom Step — Authority: 144
  A London Police Service media release: On December 6th, 2009 at 2:22pm a lone male entered the Cango Gas station located at 875 Wellington Road South brandishing a knife and demanded cash. The suspect obtained a quantity of cash. The clerk was not injured. Police are looking for a suspect described as a ...
  4 days ago

• Youth, 14, detained for six years over knife death

  
  The Guardian - guardian.co.uk — Authority: 986
  Accidental stabbing of promising footballer Jahmal Mason-Blair is first case under tougher sentencing guidelines for knife crime A 14-year-old boy who killed his promising footballer friend has been detained for six years under tougher guidelines for knife crime. Michael Ematuwo was 13 when a flick knife he was ...
  1 week ago

• Failing our young black men | Peter Herbert

  
  Comment is free | guardian.co.uk — Authority: 163
  The news that most young black men are on the DNA database is further evidence of the failure of a policing and prisons agenda The recent debate about the accuracy of the statistics as to whether half or three quarters of all young black men are on the DNA database presupposes that this is of only marginal ...
  2 weeks ago

• Doctors and nurses to deter knife users with photos of stab wounds

  
  The Guardian - guardian.co.uk — Authority: 986
  Hundreds of knife-carrying youths will be shown graphic images of stab wounds to discourage them from reoffending. Doctors and nurses will show photographs of the damage done by blades as part of government efforts to clamp down on knife crime. Under a prevention programme extended to knife crime hotspots, young ...
  2 weeks ago

• Knifepoint 4U Robbery

  
  From My Bottom Step — Authority: 144
  A London Police Service media release: On Wednesday November 18 2009 at approximately 7 pm a lone male entered the 4U Variety Store located at 1570 Highbury Avenue, brandished a knife and demanded money from the clerk. The suspect obtained a quantity of cash and fled to an awaiting vehicle with a male driver. The ...
  2 weeks ago

• Murder inquiry launched after teenager found fatally stabbed in street

  
  The Guardian - guardian.co.uk — Authority: 986
  Police say 19-year-old involved in altercation in north London before incident Detectives launched a murder inquiry today after a teenager was found fatally stabbed in a north London street. Passersby found the 19-year-old, who has not been named, collapsed in Stoke Newington late yesterday and called the emergency ...
  2 weeks ago

• Mystery surrounds brutal murder of Geeta Aulakh

  
  The Guardian - guardian.co.uk — Authority: 986
  Police rule out stranger attack but reject honour killing theory despite misgivings by Asian womens groups Every day, staff at Sunrise Radio were greeted with a smile from Geeta Aulakh, the receptionist who had dreamed as a young girl of working for the first independent 24-hour Asian station. For four days this ...
  3 weeks ago

• Met faces watchdog inquiry over Rachel Nickell murder

  
  The Guardian - guardian.co.uk — Authority: 986
  IPCC investigates police for not catching Robert Napper before he killed young mother on Wimbledon Common One of Britains most notorious murder inquiries is being investigated by the Independent Police Complaints Commission. Scotland Yard has already acknowledged that serious failings by its detectives meant ...
  3 weeks ago

• Knife-Wielding KFC Robber

  
  From My Bottom Step — Authority: 144
  A London Police Service media release: On Friday November 13, at approximately 9:00pm a lone male entered 1275 Highbury Ave Kentucky Fried Chicken and brandished a knife demanding money. There were no customers at the time. No employees were injured. The male then fled the scene with an undisclosed amount of ...
  3 weeks ago

• Chasing headlines wont cut knife crime | Jon Collins

  
  Comment is free | guardian.co.uk — Authority: 163
  Jack Straws announcement of a minimum jail sentence, coming as it did after the Kinsella convictions, seems to lack rationale After three young men were convicted of the fatal stabbing of teenager Ben Kinsella , the government announced a review of the minimum sentence for murder with a knife. This review has now ...
  4 weeks ago

• A MAJOR BLUNDER CONTEMPLATED BY THE CONSERVATIVES

  
  CALEDONIAN COMMENT — Authority: 122
  Former UK Prime Minister Sir John Major (pictured above) is reportedly considering a return to frontline politics if the Conservative opposition party wins the next general election. The former PM indicated yesterday that he would consider accepting a government job if Conservative leader David Cameron takes ...
  4 weeks ago

• Knife killers will get 25-year minimum sentence, says Jack Straw

  
  The Guardian - guardian.co.uk — Authority: 986
  Home Office set to cut DNA retention to six years after climbdown The minimum prison sentence for anyone using a knife to kill is to rise from 15 years to 25, bringing it more in line with the 30-year "starting point" for those convicted of gun murders, the justice secretary, Jack Straw, has announced. The decision ...
  4 weeks ago

• When the Law is not on our side, hard cases make bad Law

  
  The Libertarian Alliance: BLOG — Authority: 481
  David Davis “ Knife crime “ There are things which need to be said about the horrific murder of “Ben Kinsella” . I didn’t do it at the time, because we were diverted by expenses stuff and slaying GramscoFabianazis, for other and more global crimes. Stalin said I think that “one death is a tragedy, but ...
  4 weeks ago

• And Another Knifepoint Robbery

  
  From My Bottom Step — Authority: 144
  A London Police Service media release: On Monday November 9 2009 at 2:16 pm two males, one brandishing a knife, entered the Pioneer gas bar located at 1769 Dundas Street. The suspects approached the clerk and demanded money. A quantity of cash was obtained by the suspects and they fled eastbound. The clerk was ...
  4 weeks ago

• Minimum 25 year term for knife killers

  
  The Guardian - guardian.co.uk — Authority: 986
  Justice secretary announces 10-year increase in minimum term after review following fatal stabbing of Ben Kinsella The minimum prison sentence for knife killers will be increased from 15 to 25 years, the justice secretary, Jack Straw, said today. Straws statement followed a review ordered amid public anger at the ...
  4 weeks ago

• Knifecrime Island To Become Prison Island

  
  The Awl — Authority: 781
  The minimum sentence for murders committed with knives in Britain is set to rise from 15 to 25 years, ensuring that pretty much everyone in Britain will be spending a quarter century in jail fairly soon.
  4 weeks ago

• And Now For Something Completely Different?

  
  Boom2Bust.com — Authority: 540
  Speaking about the English… I hope we don’t see any of the following shenanigans going on across the pond on our shores anytime soon. Then again, some would say it’s too late (Patriot Act, The Great Nanny State). Rob Evans, Paul Lewis, and Matthew Taylor wrote in The Guardian (UK) on Monday: Police are ...
  6 weeks ago

• North London Robbery

  
  From My Bottom Step — Authority: 144
  A London Police Service media release: On Tuesday October 27 2009 at 9:48 pm a lone male entered the Big Eagle Convenience store located at 884 Adelaide Street North brandished a knife and demanded money from the clerk. A quantity of cash was obtained and the suspect fled eastbound on Grosvenor Street. The clerk ...
  6 weeks ago

• West-End Knifepoint Robbery

  
  From My Bottom Step — Authority: 144
  A London Police Service media release: On Monday October 26 2009 at 8:20 pm a lone male entered the Subway located at 1021 Wonderland Road South, brandished a knife and demanded money from the clerk. The clerk refused and the suspect fled without obtaining anything. The clerk was not injured. Police are looking ...
  6 weeks ago

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