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Evening Standard
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Anthony France

Family of knife victim Jermaine Cools call for automatic jail term for anyone caught with a blade

The parents of 14-year-old schoolboy say they face a lifetime “existing in pain” as his knife attacker became the first child murderer to be sentenced on television.

Jermaine Cools was rushed to hospital after being stabbed near West Croydonstation in November 2021 but died from his injuries. He was the youngest victim in a record year for teen murders in the capital.

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