All news on the topic: Knife crime

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Ronnie O'Sullivan's painful relationship with killer dad sparked '6-year bender'
World snooker champion Ronnie O'Sullivan - dubbed The Rocket - turned professional the same year his dad was locked up for stabbing Bruce Bryan to death in a nightclub
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Killer on day release stabs co-worker 76 times and asks her 'do you want to die'
Nicholas Fryers, 56, met the worker at Sainsbury's Dartford Distribution Centre through a scheme with HMP Standford Hill in Kent - he knifed her nearly 80 times in a frenzied attack
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Son kills his mum by stabbing her 100 times in drug-fuelled attack at their home
Michael Rowe, 36, killed 61-year-old Bernadette Rosario - known as Bernie - in her house in the village of Penwithick, outside St Austell, Cornwall, during a drug-fuelled attack
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Teen killer who battered victim with Irn Bru bottle attacks gangster in prison
Peter Allen, who was caged in 2009 for the brutal slaying of dad-of-five Raymond Black, set upon notorious Paul Lyons at Perth Prison in a vicious jail brawl
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Girl, 14, cries in dock charged with attempted murder after victim stabbed
The teenager, who cannot be named due to her age, allegedly left another girl with serious injuries, for which she had to go to hospital after an altercation in Abercraf, Powys
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Mum of girl 'permanently disfigured' after stabbing suing school for £2.4million
The mum of a middle school girl has brought a $3million lawsuit against her child's school alleging that administrators knew that there was a knife on campus and saw harassment but did nothing in Georgia
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Five-year-old boy stabs twin brother to death with kitchen knife while fighting
The authorities have said no criminal charges will be brought against the boy who does not understand the wrongfulness of what he has done and there was no negligence to consider
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Killer 'had short circuit in brain' when he murdered teacher, claim friends
Jozef Puska, 33, was jailed for life last week after being convicted of murdering 23-year-old teacher Ashling Murphy in Tullamore, County Offaly
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Boy, 17, named as stabbing victim as four arrested on suspicion of murder
A 17-year-old who was stabbed to death in Hounslow, London, has been named with four men - aged 21, 27, 31 and 71 – remaining in custody after being arrested on suspicion of murder
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Knives, axes and batons are sold via online marketplace with no age checks
A probe showed the products were being traded on Temu – the most downloaded app in the UK for the year to August - and age-restricted items were also being sold
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Two boys, 12, charged with murder after 19-year-old stabbed to death
Shawn Seesahai, 19, was fatally wounded in the East Park area of Wolverhampton at around 8.30pm on Monday, with West Midlands Police confirming they seized the boys Tuesday night
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Girl was 'running wild' in state care system before 'she stabbed woman to death'
A 12-year-old girl, who had reportedly "fallen through the cracks" of state care, allegedly stabbed to death a woman, who was involved in an altercation at a hostel
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Boy, 14, fatally stabbed as part of tit-for-tat violence between groups
Teenager Gordon Gault was stabbed in Newcastle’s West End on November 9, 2022 and died six days later in hospital. Newcastle Crown Court heard there was tit-for-tat stabbings
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Teenager stabbed to death yards from where schoolboy murdered with 'ninja sword'
Shawn Seesahai was fatally knifed while standing with a group of friends on playing fields in Bilston, West Midlands, on Monday. He died before getting to hospital
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Man 'begged for mum' before 'dying twice' after being stabbed in neck by cousin
Jamie Bryson, 27, was brutally attacked by relative Declan Keyes and died twice in the back of an ambulance in Airdrie, Scotland, before undergoing emergency surgery in hospital
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Killer cut girlfriend's throat at uni after convincing self she was 'the devil'
Maher Maaroufe has been treated at Broadmoor maximum security hospital since he was charged with killing Sabita Thanwani. He thinks he killed a man who was the devil
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Family home of teen schoolboy accused of Alfie Lewis, 15, murder attacked
The home of a 14-year-old boy accused of murdering Alfie Jones was attacked at the weekend in Leeds as windows were smashed, leaving glass shattered all over the front garden
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Heartbroken dad's agony over being unable to 'protect' son knifed through heart
The heart-broken family of murder victim Kasey Anderson have spoken about their grief at the loss of 'the best big brother' and how he will never become a father himself
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Brave pensioner, 90, tackles burglar to ground and sees him jailed for 23 years
When Lee Tidy broke into the property in Henfield, West Sussex, the 90-year-old man tackled him to the floor but was stabbed in what police say was "a terrifying experience"
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'Tenant' from hell murdered security guard who evicted him
Chad Henderson, a United States national, stabbed to death security guard Nathan Burton, 27, who had been brought in to evict him from a flat in Moseley, Birmingham
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Mum who 'lived for kids' on social media 'hid dark secret' that led her to kill
Natalie Bennett, 47, was convicted of the murder of her partner Kasey Anderson, 24, after stabbing him to death and she was given a life sentence with a minimum term of 18 years
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Heartbroken family of teenager stabbed to death on London bus gather at funeral
The family and friends of Elianne Andam, 15, paid tribute to the bright schoolgirl during her funeral - it is believed around 900 people attended the service in Croydon, south London
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Mum's agonising seven-word phone call to sister after girl, 15, stabbed to death
Elianne Andam, a 15-year-old girl from Croydon, south London, had been on her way to school when she was stabbed and killed - a 17-year-old boy has been charged with her murder
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Woman's astonishing response to being given life sentence for boyfriend's murder
After a campaign of abuse against her younger partner, Natalie Bennett launched a horrific knife attack on Kasey Anderson, before she lied to police as he bled to death on her driveway
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'Caring' mum with 'amazing soul' stabbed to death in front of her kids
Perseverance Ncube tragically died after being attacked at an address in Salford. Officers later arrested a 45-year-old man on suspicion of murder