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UK: Record number of repeat knife crime offenders spared jail, one offender with 45 convictions
One America News ^ | July 9, 2023 | Brooke Mallory

Posted on 07/10/2023 10:03:15 AM PDT by Navy Patriot

A record number of serial knife offenders are being released from prison in the United Kingdom, including one who has had 45 convictions.

Shocking statistics have prompted concerns about the rate of criminals reoffending with knives, showing suspended sentences for repeat offenders nearly tripling in the last decade.

The appalling case of a knife offender who appeared in court last year with 45 previous convictions for a blade or offensive weapon, the most ever recorded, confused those who were aware of the government’s purported “two strikes and you’re out” rule.

(Excerpt) Read more at oann.com ...


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Excellent!

Couldn't happen to a nicer Jungle of Limey morons!

1 posted on 07/10/2023 10:03:15 AM PDT by Navy Patriot
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To: Navy Patriot

[[one offender with 45 convictions]]

I’m guessing he was a white Christian heterosexual conservative? /s


2 posted on 07/10/2023 10:04:36 AM PDT by Bob434
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To: Navy Patriot

The real criminals in all of this are governments.


3 posted on 07/10/2023 10:08:11 AM PDT by SpaceBar
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To: Navy Patriot

I can’t tell if most of these “knife offences” are for acts of violence, threats of violence, or simply for possession.


4 posted on 07/10/2023 10:09:23 AM PDT by rightwingcrazy (;-,)
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To: SpaceBar

Agree, however the Limeys are responsible for their Government and the acts of their Government Officials.


5 posted on 07/10/2023 10:13:08 AM PDT by Navy Patriot (Celebrate Decivilization)
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To: rightwingcrazy
I can’t tell if most of these “knife offenses” are for acts of violence, threats of violence, or simply for possession.

Yep, and that's the intent of the Limey Government.

Unfortunately OAN didn't see through that, and research and deliver the data.

6 posted on 07/10/2023 10:16:33 AM PDT by Navy Patriot (Celebrate Decivilization)
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To: Navy Patriot

Take the guns...this is what you get. Take the knives and next it will be Cricket bats. And so on and so on...


7 posted on 07/10/2023 10:19:46 AM PDT by Bloody Sam Roberts (Perhaps we should be less concerned with who we might offend and more concerned with who we inspire.)
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To: Bloody Sam Roberts

Yes and we’ll all be using plastic knives to cut steaks in fine restaurants. If we aren’t forced to consume white slabs of wet tofu instead.


8 posted on 07/10/2023 10:25:56 AM PDT by frank ballenger (You have summoned up a thundercloud. You're gonna hear from me. Anthem by Leonard Cohen)
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To: Bloody Sam Roberts

On the bright side, we may get rid of those pesky elitist Limeys for good.


9 posted on 07/10/2023 10:26:59 AM PDT by Navy Patriot (Celebrate Decivilization)
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To: frank ballenger

Not I.


10 posted on 07/10/2023 10:35:20 AM PDT by Bloody Sam Roberts (Perhaps we should be less concerned with who we might offend and more concerned with who we inspire.)
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To: Bloody Sam Roberts
Take the guns...this is what you get. Take the knives and next it will be Cricket bats. And so on and so on...

What about pointed sticks?

11 posted on 07/10/2023 10:36:28 AM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: Bloody Sam Roberts

Me, neither.


12 posted on 07/10/2023 10:41:54 AM PDT by frank ballenger (You have summoned up a thundercloud. You're gonna hear from me. Anthem by Leonard Cohen)
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To: dfwgator

Its understandable as they weren’t Assault Knives.


13 posted on 07/10/2023 11:00:16 AM PDT by KC Burke (Diversity, Inclusion and Equity is not another way to spell GOD but it is a way to spell DIE.)
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To: Navy Patriot

be in no doubt, the mess we are in is deliberate


14 posted on 07/10/2023 1:34:20 PM PDT by Mr Radical (In times of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act.)
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