SOUTHPORT ATTACK SURVIVOR IN CALL FOR END TO POINTED KNIVES

Campaign for blunt-tipped kitchen utensil

- ANAHITA HOSSEIN-POUR News Reporter

THE yoga teacher who survived the Southport attack is leading a campaign to move to round-ended kitchen knives.

Leanne Lucas launched Let's Be Blunt to coincide with a national knife crime awareness week, during which the Government has also announced a new knife amnesty taking place in July.

Ms Lucas said: “The horrific events in Southport on July 29 2024 changed my life forever. The pain and heartbreak that the families involved have had to endure is unimaginable.

“If I can help to ensure this doesn't happen to another family again, I will. When people ask if there is anything they can do to help me, my answer is clear and comes from the heart: swap your pointed kitchen knives for rounded ones.