2020-01-18
39 分钟Jodie Chesney's family came to the park where the 17-year-old was stabbed to death to pay their respects.
Her mother Claire brought flowers and lit a candle to remember her daughter.
The family's known to be the same again.
Over the last four days we've had four homicides in our city, a number of other incidents of serious violence.
The police are working incredibly hard.
It's been a harrowing day for Jaden Mood's family.
The 14-year-old was riding a moped on the night he was killed.
The prosecution alleged he was involved in drug dealing for a London gang.
Knife crime in England, Wales hit a record high in 2019, up by 7% on the previous year.
In the 12 months to June there were 235 knife murders and 412 attempted murders.
A disproportionate number of victims and perpetrators are young and disadvantaged.
It's destroying lives and striking fear into many communities.
Welcome to LSCIQ.
I'm Joanna Bale and this is the podcast where we ask leading social scientists and other experts to answer an intelligent question.
In this episode I ask, how do we stop knife crime?
The story begins in Tottenham, North London with a grieving mother.
At least four youths are thought to have been involved in the attack.
Amherst Park is busy even in the early hours of the morning.
The family are urging anyone who knows anything to help them get justice for their son.
I'm Yvonne Lawson and my son Godwin Lawson at the age of 17 was stabbed in Stamperdill and he died within two minutes.