A teenage gang member tells Sky News he carries a knife because "when you’re around those people, you kind of have no choice but to do it". He says he fears leaving the house and running into a rival gang unarmed.
This comes after two 12-year-olds were found guilty of murdering Shawn Seesahai in a random attack with a machete. The sentencing of UK’s youngest ever knife killers is set to begin.
The West Midlands is the worst region in the UK for knife crime. Sky’s Becky Cotterill has spent time in Wolverhampton to understand the problem.
Read more: https://news.sky.com/story/west-midlands-police-reveal-what-they-think-is-driving-knife-crime-amid-familys-shock-at-age-of-killers-13221750
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