The heart-breaking stories of Nottinghamshire families ripped apart by knife crime will be added to an award-winning museum workshop. Family members who have had loved ones taken away by knife attacks will share their devastation through a series of videos at the National Justice Museum’s Choices and Consequences workshop, in High Pavement, Lace Market.
Julie Jones, mum of 17-year-old Ezekiel Clarke, who was killed in an attack in Radford in February 2020, is one of the parents featured in the videos. She said: “We’re families, we’re in pain and it’s awful. It’s a horrible feeling. I know grieving is grieving but they weren’t ill, they weren’t sick, they lost their life through somebody’s choice.
“Somebody made a decision to do that, and if they’d not they’d probably still be here today - living their life and having fun.” Lisa Kilkenny, whose 16-year-old son Joseph Whitchurch, from Stapleford, was killed in 2020, added: “If a knife is produced, there is somebody not going home. Broken bones mend, but to have this. It’s just a devastating effect.”
