Mum of Ronan - 'real change is happening' after sword amnesty

MORE THAN 7,500 WEAPONS TAKEN OFF STREETS IN JUST ONE MONTH

- ANAHITA HOSSEIN-POUR

Pooja Kanda with her son Ronan Kanda who was murdered in a case of mistaken identity by two teenagers, who had bought swords and a machete online

TENS of thousands of knives have been seized by police and handed in through surrender schemes, as the mother of a murdered Midland teenager said "real change is happening".

Nearly 60,000 blades have been taken away in England and Wales as part of Government efforts to halve knife crime within a decade, as latest data shows knife murders have dropped in the last year.

Some 7,512 weapons were removed through the month-long ninja sword surrender scheme before the blades were banned from August under Ronan's Law.

The law change is named after 16-year-old Ronan Kanda, who was yards away from his Wolverhampton home when he was murdered with a ninja sword in 2022, in a case of mistaken identity.