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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
Politics
Margaret Davis

Knife crime measures under Ronan’s Law ‘will make a difference’, sister says

The sister of a 16-year-old who was murdered with a ninja sword said she believes new measures proposed by the Government to tackle knife crime “will make a difference”.

The Home Office announced a raft of anti-knife crime plans on Wednesday, including making retailers report bulk or suspicious sales to police, and increasing the jail sentence for selling weapons to children, or illegal blades such as zombie knives, to two years.

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