Campaigner calls for mandatory five-year sentences if caught carrying knives

Britain's knife crime epidemic has reached such crisis levels the nation now faces plunging into the 'abyss' of a 'lawless hellscape' unless urgent action is taken. That's the chilling warning victims have today issued to Prime Minster Sir Keir Starmer as they demand tougher sentences for knife thugs. Campaigners are calling for mandatory five-year sentences for adults caught carrying blades on the street, and three years for youths. It comes amid a 'national emergency' which has seen the scourge of knife crime spread to every corner of England and Wales. County lines drugs gangs and rival cartels are warring in city streets while youngsters in towns are carrying knives into school and slaughtering children in parks.