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| Man in his 30s stabbed to death in north-east London | Man in his 30s stabbed to death in north-east London |
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| A man was stabbed to death in north-east London on Wednesday evening, police said. | A man was stabbed to death in north-east London on Wednesday evening, police said. |
| Police were called at 5.47pm and found the victim, thought to be in his 30s, with knife wounds in Matthias Road, Stoke Newington. | Police were called at 5.47pm and found the victim, thought to be in his 30s, with knife wounds in Matthias Road, Stoke Newington. |
| London ambulance service and an air ambulance also attended after the man was given CPR by police, but he died at the scene. | London ambulance service and an air ambulance also attended after the man was given CPR by police, but he died at the scene. |
| A Met police spokesman said: “Police are working to inform his next of kin. At this early stage, there have been no arrests. The homicide and major crime command will be informed.” | A Met police spokesman said: “Police are working to inform his next of kin. At this early stage, there have been no arrests. The homicide and major crime command will be informed.” |
| Police chiefs have described the recent spate of knife crime as ‘a national emergency’. In the first two months of 2019 there were 17 homicides in London alone, where 35% of all knife crimes are committed. | |
| The number of NHS England admissions among people aged 10-19 with knife wounds has risen 60% in five years, surpassing 1,000 last year. | |
| The number of knife and offensive weapon offences in England and Wales have risen to their highest level for nearly a decade, with the number of cases dealt with by the criminal justice system up by more than a third since 2015. | |
| Figures on sentences handed out for such crimes, published by the Ministry of Justice, showed there were 22,041 knife and weapon offences formally dealt with by the criminal justice system in the year ending March 2019. This is the highest rate since 2010, when the number was 23,667. | |
| In the year ending March 2019, 37% of knife and offensive weapon offences resulted in an immediate custodial sentence, compared with 22% in 2009, when the data was first published. The average length of the custodial sentences rose to the longest in a decade, from 5.5 months to 8.1 months. | |
| The MoJ figures revealed that the number of juvenile offenders convicted or cautioned for possession or threats using a knife or offensive weapon increased by almost half (48%) between the year ending March 2015 and the year ending March 2019. | |
| The increase in adult offenders over the same period was smaller, at 31%. However, adult offenders still accounted for 74% of the total increase in cautions and convictions received for those offences in that period. | |
| In March 2019 chancellor, Philip Hammond, handed an extra £100m to police forces in England and Wales after a spate of fatal stabbings led to a renewed focus on rising knife crime and police resources. | |
| In the same month more than 10,000 knives were seized and 1,372 suspects arrested during a week-long national knife crime crackdown. Officers carried out 3,771 weapons searches, during which 342 knives were found. Another 10,215 were handed in as part of amnesties. | |
| A new Offensive Weapons Act was passed in May 2019, making it illegal to possess dangerous weapons including knuckledusters, zombie knives and death star knives. It also made it a criminal offence to dispatch bladed products sold online without verifying the buyer is over 18. | |
| A crime scene remained in place into the evening as the police investigation continued. | A crime scene remained in place into the evening as the police investigation continued. |
| A section 60 order which grants police extra stop-and-search powers was also authorised for the N16, N1 and E8 postcodes. | A section 60 order which grants police extra stop-and-search powers was also authorised for the N16, N1 and E8 postcodes. |
| Witnesses or anyone with information should call 101, stating their call is regarding ref CAD 5783/17Apr, or tweet to @MetCC. | Witnesses or anyone with information should call 101, stating their call is regarding ref CAD 5783/17Apr, or tweet to @MetCC. |
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