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Part THREE: The unexpected reason behind London’s knife crime bloodbath – and how it’s turned murder into a moneymaking industry, writes Harriet Sergeant

A three-part special investigation by Harriet Sergeant who’s talked to gang members, grieving parents and horrified hospital staff In August, 2019, residents of Munster Square, a stone’s throw from London‘s Regent’s Park, were disturbed by desperate banging on their front doors in the dead of night. Alex Smith, a 16-year-old boy with a shock of brownContinue reading “Part THREE: The unexpected reason behind London’s knife crime bloodbath – and how it’s turned murder into a moneymaking industry, writes Harriet Sergeant”

PART TWO: Just 27 seconds of savagery left Charlie – and one of his killers – bleeding to death on a roadside. This chilling account exposes the sheer folly of Sadiq Khan’s softly-softly stance on knife crime

A three-part special investigation by Harriet Sergeant who’s talked to gang members, grieving parents and horrified hospital staff Yesterday, the Mail began a three-part investigation into the scourge of knife crimein the capital. Not for five years has London seen such a rapid rise – up 20 per cent in a year, with some 14,500 incidents recorded. Since SadiqContinue reading “PART TWO: Just 27 seconds of savagery left Charlie – and one of his killers – bleeding to death on a roadside. This chilling account exposes the sheer folly of Sadiq Khan’s softly-softly stance on knife crime”

PART ONE: London streets run with blood under virtue signalling Mayor Khan

A three-part special investigation by Harriet Sergeant who’s talked to gang members, grieving parents and horrified hospital staff Harry Pitman, 16 and 6ft 3in with a shock of red, curly hair and a broad, smiling face, travelled from his North London home in Haringey to enjoy the 2024 New Year fireworks. He made for fashionable Primrose Hill,Continue reading “PART ONE: London streets run with blood under virtue signalling Mayor Khan”

Ghost children: the pupils who never came back after lockdown

‘There was this guy in my year who never came back to school after lockdown,’ a 14-year-old girl at a comprehensive in the Midlands says. ‘Then one day my friends and I saw him by the shopping centre. He was, like, sitting on a piece of cardboard by the side of the road, looking aContinue reading “Ghost children: the pupils who never came back after lockdown”

The Iranian regime is at war with its own children

Twenty-two-year-old Hadis Najafi does not look like a foot soldier in a revolution. In the last film of Najafi alive, it is night and she’s walking down a road in Karaj, her home town, smiling and scrunching up her hair into a ponytail. She is young, blonde and on her way to a demonstration. NajafiContinue reading “The Iranian regime is at war with its own children”

Why is Sadiq Khan decriminalising dangerous drugs?

Sadiq Khan is considering a surprising initiative to stop the killings on our streets – a pilot scheme that would decriminalise cannabis in three London boroughs. Under-25s caught with the drug would no longer be prosecuted. These young people would be offered speeding course-style classes or counselling instead. Since he became mayor, Mr Khan has overseenContinue reading “Why is Sadiq Khan decriminalising dangerous drugs?”

The hypocrisy of ‘progressive’ middle-class drug users is ruining lives

Progressive millennials protest vehemently about racism, pronouns and the environment but have a blind spot when it comes to the odd line of coke. Kit Malthouse, the policing minister, wants to change all that. A new Government strategy aims to confront middle-class recreational drug users “with the violence of the drug trade” and “illustrate theContinue reading “The hypocrisy of ‘progressive’ middle-class drug users is ruining lives”

Liberal elites are out of touch on law and order

‘I was cycling along Regent Street with a friend when we ran into a Black Lives Matter demonstration. A young blonde woman in yellow dungarees blocked our way. My friend asked politely if she could move. “I’m protesting,” the young woman reproved in a nice, middle-class accent, as if waving a placard was a sacredContinue reading “Liberal elites are out of touch on law and order”