A legal expert has claimed that increased police presence on London’s streets will not tackle knife crime in the capital. 🚨⚖️
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👮 Bruce Houlder, a QC who spent 52 years as a criminal barrister and judge, says locking up more people won’t prevent teenage homicides.
The founder of non-profit Fighting Knife Crime London instead believes money should be invested in youth programmes.
The founder of non-profit Fighting Knife Crime London instead believes money should be invested in youth programmes.
🗣 Speaking to MyLondon, Mr Houlder described a “crisis of alienation” among London’s youth.
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💬 Currently, the ‘two strikes and you’re out’ rule for knife possession in London sees a mandatory six-month prison sentence for a second offence.
Mr Houlder believes it causes “injustice” by locking up young people who are wrongly trying to protect themselves.
Mr Houlder believes it causes “injustice” by locking up young people who are wrongly trying to protect themselves.
📚 Instead the legal expert called for a revolution in youth services.
“We need to provide state of the art youth centres, to show them respect, and talk young people up.”
“We need to provide state of the art youth centres, to show them respect, and talk young people up.”
🗳 This approach to knife crime is in stark contradiction to the government’s.
Minister for Policing Kit Malthouse announced increased police presence, with “over 2,100 additional officers already recruited in London”.
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Minister for Policing Kit Malthouse announced increased police presence, with “over 2,100 additional officers already recruited in London”.
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🚫 Mr Houlder spoke of youth in London being “abandoned by our generation of politicians”, who have “actively” closed down youth services since 2010.
📍 Since 2010, 130 youth centres have closed in London due to cuts in council funding from central government.
Unemployment rates in the capital are the highest in the country, with one in four 16 to 24-year-olds out of work.
Unemployment rates in the capital are the highest in the country, with one in four 16 to 24-year-olds out of work.
🔎 The focus on knife crime in the capital comes after London recorded its highest ever number of teenage homicides.
30 teenagers were tragically killed on London’s streets in 2021.
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30 teenagers were tragically killed on London’s streets in 2021.
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