🔴 Police in the UK recorded 248 murders involving a knife or sharp instrument in 2020.
Most of the victims were young men.
Each victim leaves behind a distraught family – including, in most cases, a grieving mother 🧵
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Most of the victims were young men.
Each victim leaves behind a distraught family – including, in most cases, a grieving mother 🧵
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The Met Police have launched a campaign, in which mothers affected by knife crime call on the public to contact Crimestoppers with any information that might prevent violence.
Here, three mothers tell their stories 👇
🔴 This thread contains content some may find distressing
Here, three mothers tell their stories 👇
🔴 This thread contains content some may find distressing
🔴 Lorraine Jones, a church minister, was unpacking shopping at her home in Brixton on 25th Feb 2014, when two young people knocked on her door and told her that her 20-year-old son, Dwayne Simpson, had been stabbed in a nearby park 
“He got one jab wound – it was a sword that went right through my son's heart,” she remembers
“You might think that it can never happen to you”
“I've been serving my community since the age of 16, I was doing all the right things and I didn't think this could happen to me.”
“You might think that it can never happen to you”
“I've been serving my community since the age of 16, I was doing all the right things and I didn't think this could happen to me.”
🔴Jean Foster’s son, Christopher, was enjoying a drink outside a central London pub.
Seven men approached the pub, looking for revenge against a different man.
They mistakenly identified Christopher, a single father to a 4-year-old girl. The 7 men approached him from behind.
Seven men approached the pub, looking for revenge against a different man.
They mistakenly identified Christopher, a single father to a 4-year-old girl. The 7 men approached him from behind.
“My son was an angel, working hard as a single parent contributing to life."
“Can you imagine telling a four-year-old that … she’s lost the only parent in her life? She still has a picture of him up on the window now, at 11 years old”
“Can you imagine telling a four-year-old that … she’s lost the only parent in her life? She still has a picture of him up on the window now, at 11 years old”
🔴 Becky Beston remembers her son, Archie, as “forever 19” – his age when he was attacked by a knife carrier while walking to his car with another teenager in Kingston, London, in the early hours of Feb 29th last year.
The former youth footballer died in hospital six days later
The former youth footballer died in hospital six days later
Mrs Beston called for tougher sentencing to prevent young men possessing a weapon
“We never worried about this because it wasn’t part of our world,”
“But if this can happen to my son, it can happen to you and every single other person.”
“We never worried about this because it wasn’t part of our world,”
“But if this can happen to my son, it can happen to you and every single other person.”
Watch all five mothers share their stories 👇
🔴 This video contains content some may find distressing
🔴 This video contains content some may find distressing
‘"Just make that call [to Crimestoppers Anonymous]. You're not just protecting yourself – you're protecting our society from this wall of violence.”
You can read their stories in full here 👇
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You can read their stories in full here 👇
🔓This article is free to read
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