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John Dunne

Jermaine Cools: Mother of boy, 14, stabbed to death outside Croydon railway station has been ‘robbed of future’

Jermaine Cools was rushed to hospital after being stabbed multiple times close to West Croydon station in November 2021 but died from his injuries

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The mother of a 14-year-old schoolboy stabbed to death outside a London railway station says she she has been “robbed of her future” as she called for tougher laws on knife crime after his killer admitted murder.

Jermaine Cools was rushed to hospital after being stabbed multiple times close to West Croydon station 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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