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11 May

Nisha Patel-Nasri, 29, special constable was stabbed outside her home in her night clothes in the early morning. A few days earlier she had confronted burglars at her home.

 

1 March

Thomas Winston, 18, stabbed to death in North London after an argument in which the windscreen of his car was smashed. An
18-year-old man has been charged with his murder.

 

 

London | 20 July 2006 | 19:47

Northern Ireland knife culture needs to be challenged The culture of young people in Northern Ireland carrying and using knives must be challenged, the government has said. Criminal Justice Minister David Hanson has launched a 12-week consultation on knife crime to get people's opinions on how to tackle this growing problem..More

London | 14 July 2006 | 11:46

Over 100,000 knives returned during national knife amnesty. Police in Scotland, England and Wales had over 100,000 knives handed over during the five-week amnesty which ended on 30 June. More

Scotland | 7 July 2006 | 11:42

Police in Scotland try out new gloves which double as metal detectors Strathclyde Police and the Central Scotland team will start testing Kevlar gloves which include built-in metal detectors, for the first time this weekend. The initiative is part of the Safer Scotland anti-violence campaign. More

Basingstoke | 23 June 2006 | 11:59

The body of a 19-year-old stab victim found in Hampshire flat The body of a woman found Monday in her Basingstoke flat is likely to have been laying there for ten days after she was stabbed to death, the police have revealed. More