Tag Archives: knife crime

‘Loving family’ student who stabbed his 15-year-old classmate in the heart was sentenced to life imprisonment

The 15-year-old student from a “loving family” who stabbed a student in the heart asked “how bad have things gotten?” He was sentenced to life imprisonment by the judge who asked: Alfie Lewis, 15, was murdered outside a primary school in Leeds’ Horsforth area “in full view” of pupils last November. Bardia Shojaeifard, who was… Read More »

‘Obsessed’ teenager defended for carrying a machete is a desperate knife crime message

A heartbroken mother stood outside Birmingham Crown Court last week to condemn the senseless loss of her ‘beautiful son’ to the city’s knife crime epidemic. He called for tougher sentences for those who carry knives and branded those who choose to do so as ‘weak, pathetic cowards’. But less than 48 hours later in the… Read More »