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| Hundreds march for stabbed youth | Hundreds march for stabbed youth |
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| Hundreds of people have marched through north London to the place where 16-year-old Ben Kinsella was stabbed to death to protest against knife crime. | Hundreds of people have marched through north London to the place where 16-year-old Ben Kinsella was stabbed to death to protest against knife crime. |
| Protestors wore T-shirts with Ben's picture and slogans "RIP Ben", "Stop Knife Violence", "You're Always in Our Hearts" and "18?" printed on them. | Protestors wore T-shirts with Ben's picture and slogans "RIP Ben", "Stop Knife Violence", "You're Always in Our Hearts" and "18?" printed on them. |
| Ben was attacked during a row in York Way, Holloway, on Sunday. He died of multiple stab wounds to the torso. | Ben was attacked during a row in York Way, Holloway, on Sunday. He died of multiple stab wounds to the torso. |
| Four youths have been arrested on suspicion of the murder. | Four youths have been arrested on suspicion of the murder. |
| Ben, who died hours after the attack, is the 17th teenager killed on London's streets this year. | Ben, who died hours after the attack, is the 17th teenager killed on London's streets this year. |
| 'No knives' | 'No knives' |
| Ben's three sisters joined the march wearing T-shirts showing pictures of Ben as a child and a teenager. | Ben's three sisters joined the march wearing T-shirts showing pictures of Ben as a child and a teenager. |
| This is just another trial and another life lost Brooke Kinsella, Ben's sister Protestors gathered at Islington Town Hall and walked down Upper Street up to York Way carrying a large banner asking "Why Ben". On the way they paused outside London Mayor Boris Johnson's home. | |
| The procession was organised by Ben's close friend Brooke Dunford, 16, who sent out leaflets, e-mails and posted messages on a social networking website. | The procession was organised by Ben's close friend Brooke Dunford, 16, who sent out leaflets, e-mails and posted messages on a social networking website. |
| Miss Dunford said: "I just couldn't sit around and grieve when this might happen to other people. | Miss Dunford said: "I just couldn't sit around and grieve when this might happen to other people. |
| "If by doing this today I have made one person rethink taking out a knife then I have done my bit. That would be one more person going back home to his mum," she said. | "If by doing this today I have made one person rethink taking out a knife then I have done my bit. That would be one more person going back home to his mum," she said. |
| Police stopped traffic and led the procession with a police escort. | Police stopped traffic and led the procession with a police escort. |
| The group stood silently in front of Shillibeers, the club where the disturbance began leading to Ben's death. | The group stood silently in front of Shillibeers, the club where the disturbance began leading to Ben's death. |
| At the scene of his death in York Way the gathering chanted "What are we here for? Ben. Why are we here? No knives." | At the scene of his death in York Way the gathering chanted "What are we here for? Ben. Why are we here? No knives." |
| One of Ben's sisters, former EastEnders actress Brooke Kinsella, said: "This is just another trial and another life lost. | One of Ben's sisters, former EastEnders actress Brooke Kinsella, said: "This is just another trial and another life lost. |
| 'Younger victims' | |
| "I want to say thank you to every single person who is here and everyone else thinking of him." | "I want to say thank you to every single person who is here and everyone else thinking of him." |
| She also appealed for witnesses to come forward urging them to "help save another life". | She also appealed for witnesses to come forward urging them to "help save another life". |
| Cherie Blair has told MPs she is worried about her children's safety | |
| Birds of a Feather actress Linda Robson also joined the march, with her son Louis who was with Ben after the attack. | Birds of a Feather actress Linda Robson also joined the march, with her son Louis who was with Ben after the attack. |
| Mrs Robson called for "stronger deterrents" to knife crime saying: "If you can do that to another human being, you are not going to be able to take that out by sending them to prison for five or six years." | Mrs Robson called for "stronger deterrents" to knife crime saying: "If you can do that to another human being, you are not going to be able to take that out by sending them to prison for five or six years." |
| According to the British Crime Survey (BCS), overall violent crime has decreased by 41% since a peak in 1995. Knives are used in about 8% of violent incidents, according to the BCS, a level that has largely remained the same during the past decade. | |
| But the BCS figures do not include under-16s, something which the Home Secretary Jacqui Smith announced this month would change. | |
| Richard Garside, the director of the Centre of Crime and Justice Studies at Kings College London, said: "If you look at the figures for the last 10 years the number of knife victims has remained relatively stable - although there have been spikes - at 200 to 220 a year. | |
| "But there is some evidence the demographic has changed. The average age of homicide victims overall has been going down, with younger and younger victims." |