Lynne Baird clasps the picture of her dead son to her chest on what would have been his 32nd birthday. Five years ago, Dan Baird was stabbed during a night out with friends.
The 26-year-old had been celebrating a new job when a fight broke out in the pub. He was stabbed in the chest and died on the way to the hospital. Dan’s birthday on Tuesday came on the same day that police confirmed the identity of Takayo Nembhard, a 21-year-old rapper from Bristol, who was stabbed to death at the Notting Hill carnival in London on Bank Holiday Monday. And last week boxer Tyson Fury made an emotional plea to end knife crime after his cousin was fatally wounded on a night out. Rico Burton had a blade plunged into his neck during a pub brawl in Goose Green, Altrincham, Greater Manchester.
These are just the shocking stabbing incidents which hit the headlines – there would have been many others in the last few days.
