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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Chiara Giordano

Retailers could be fined up to £1m for selling knives to children

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Retailers could be fined up to £1 million for selling knives to children under new draft sentencing guidelines.

Two guidelines apply separately to individual shop owners and large retailers who fail to ensure they have adequate safeguards in place to prevent the sale of knives to under 18s in England and Wales, either in-store or online.

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