[Search & Destroy]

It really is out of control

Ramp up stop and search and a mandatory 5 year sentence for carrying

https://www.bbc.co.u...es/cp9yvlvx4jpo

[isleaiw1]

Had to permanently exclude a kid recently for making a knife in school. Probably started with being dragged into the wrong gang culture a couple of schools ago. Did seem to be making some progress with great efforts from teachers and parents, but one instance of young boys being macho and he reverted to old ways.

Not sure sending them to where they can learn even worse things is the sution - and can a 15 year old get a mandatory 5 year sentence...

[Valley Blues]

If stabbing somebody in the chest with what was reportedly an 18” knife in the middle of the day in Nottingham Primark results in a 12 month referral order then I think it’s fair to say the country’s gone.

Mitigating factors that he was being chased and threatened but being in possession of an 18” knife should, IMO, lead to a custodial sentence regardless.

[Blue roan lily]

Valley Blues, on 10 April 2025 - 11:14 AM, said:

If stabbing somebody in the chest with what was reportedly an 18” knife in the middle of the day in Nottingham Primark results in a 12 month referral order then I think it’s fair to say the country’s gone.

Mitigating factors that he was being chased and threatened but being in possession of an 18” knife should, IMO, lead to a custodial sentence regardless.

And that is exactly why knife crime in this country is becoming an epidemic
There is just no deterrent
And its not just knife crime
Theft,anti social behaviour etc is rife across the country

This post has been edited by Blue roan lily: 10 April 2025 - 12:06 PM