Despite the massive publicity and concern about knife crime in recent months, 10 shops in the Greenwich area have been caught selling knives to teenagers, some as young as 14 years old.

The law now states that knives are not to be sold to anyone under the age of 18, but when police cadets were used in a joint operation by trading standards, safer neighbourhood teams and the police, some big name stores were found lacking.

Of course the stores have been quick to say that they have launched investigations and that their procedures would be tightened up and stressed to staff etc. All were let off with just a warning letter.

Of course this kind of sting operation may show up a certain irresponsibility on part of shop staff, but it will do absolutely nothing to prevent knife crime as every teenager in the land has only to walk into their kitchen at home for a ready supply of knives.

Action needs to be taken to tackle the culture of knives, the glorification of black gang culture by the media and to accept and act on the findings of the Met Police that the number of black attackers and white victims are massively disproportionate to the overall population.

The shops caught selling knives to teens are:

Avery Truman, Eltham High Street
B&Q, Bugsby’s Way, Greenwich
CK Builders Merchants, Herbert Road, Plumstead
LouRoys, Herbert Road, Plumstead
Pound Shop, Plumstead High Street
Pound Stop, Pound Place, Eltham
Poundland, Powis Street, Woolwich
Sainsbury’s, Bugsby\’s Way, Greenwich
Sainsbury’s, Woolwich High Street
Woolworths, Eltham High Street

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http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/7501258.stm

“Four men, including a teenager, were stabbed to death in one day in separate attacks in London.

A 19-year-old youth, who has not been named, suffered multiple stab wounds in Edmonton, north London.

Later on Thursday two men in their 20s were killed in attacks a few miles away in Leyton and Walthamstow, east London.

A man in his 40s died from stab wounds after being found at the back of a disused pub in Tottenham High Road, Tottenham, north London.

Officers were alerted at about 0400 BST by a member of the public who went to Tottenham police station.

The victim was found with head injuries and slash wounds and died at the scene.”

This is spiralling out of control! While we appreciate that this problem didn’t happen overnight, radical steps needs to be taken to convince people that if they carry knives there is a good chance that the law will catch up with them. People are carrying and using knives because they don’t think they are going to be caught.

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http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/7501258.stm

“The first man was attacked in Downsell Road, Leyton, east London, at about 1730 BST on Thursday. Four people have been arrested in connection with death. About three hours later police were called to St David’s Court in Walthamstow where a man with a fatal stab wound was found.

A police spokesman said the two deaths were not being linked at this stage.

No-one has been arrested in connection with the Walthamstow stabbing.

Formal identifications and post-mortems are due to take place on both bodies later.”

And the “liberals” are still trying to tell us that we shouldn’t send everyone found with a knife, straight to jail!

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I wonder whether in the abscense of any motive, whether the police will ever properly entertain the motive as sheer racism?

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/7488852.stm

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A suspect has been arrested, also 19 years of years of age, which sadly means that it’s highly likely, that we have yet another young victim of knife culture amongst our young.

The full story can be viewed here:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/7419949.stm

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