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Home Sec announces crackdown on online knives sale

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Home Sec announces crackdown on online knives sale

Home Sec announces crackdown on online knives sale

Stricter rules for retailers selling knives online, along with tougher penalties for those who break the rules, have been announced by the home secretary.

Yvette Cooper announced unveiled a raft of anti-knife crime plans, including making retailers report bulk or suspicious sales to police, and increasing the jail sentence for selling weapons to children or illegal blades such as zombie knives, to two years.

The laws will collectively be known as 'Ronan's Law', named after 16-year-old Ronan Kanda who was murdered in Wolverhampton in 2022.

Report by Faragt.

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