Knife Legislation: "Sickening"

Sandy Kilpatrick • Published 8 Jul 2010 11:30

The mum of murdered Drongan teenager, Michelle Stewart, believes the SNP Government has given "free reign for criminals to run about with knives".

SNP and Lib-Dems quashed Labour's proposals to "get tough" on knife crime by introducing mandatory six months jail time for anyone caught carrying a blade.

Michelle was only 17 when she was brutally knifed 10 times by ex-boyfriend John Wilson in November 2008 when she refused to talk to him.

Mum, Josephine Stewart, 47, from Coronation Road, Drongan blasted the decision saying: "It's terrible, I actually think it's terrible.

"They're just out for the criminals and not for the victims. It's the families who are living with a life sentence. Until it happens to them, God forbid, nothing will change.

"They're more or less saying run about with a knife as long as you don't use it. It's sickening. They need to take a big hard look at this and see how many people are losing their lives."

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