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The Times’ crime correspondent David Woode sits down with a 19-year-old man who was recently imprisoned for carrying a knife. We get a rare insight into what some

young people are really facing in London, and why he felt he had to arm himself with a deadly weapon.


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Thanks to Marcus, Desmond Skyers and the St Giles Trust. 


Host: David Woode, Crime Correspondent, The Times. 

Producer: Sam Chantarasak.

Further reading: The Times Crime and Justice Commission 

Further listening: What’s behind the rise in knife crime on our streets 

Photo: Times photographer Richard Pohle. 

Get in touch: thestory@thetimes.com     

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