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Hundreds attend anti-knife march | |
(about 12 hours later) | |
Several hundred people have marched against knife culture in Inverclyde, prompted by the death of a teenager last year. | |
Darren Pyper, 14, died from a single stab wound to the leg during a fight at a friends house in Gourock. | Darren Pyper, 14, died from a single stab wound to the leg during a fight at a friends house in Gourock. |
One day after the anniversary of his death, local people staged events to highlight the cost of knife crime. | |
William Brown, 64, from Gourock, was charged with Darren's murder. He died from heart failure in Greenock Prison. | William Brown, 64, from Gourock, was charged with Darren's murder. He died from heart failure in Greenock Prison. |
Family and friends of the teenager organised "Darren Pyper Day" to highlight the dangers of knife crime. | |
Poetry readings | Poetry readings |
A procession was held on Saturday morning from a bench dedicated to his memory in the town's Ashton Road. | |
A few hundred locals, including police and local councillors, converged on Battery Park, where a day of entertainment will follow.Darren Pyper's mother Margo, and friend, Kendall Gregory, attended | |
Singing and poetry readings were organised along with a play on the dangers of knife crime. | |
Organiser, Kendall Gregory, 17, said she and many others were still struggling to come to terms with Darren's death one year on. | Organiser, Kendall Gregory, 17, said she and many others were still struggling to come to terms with Darren's death one year on. |
"We're all emotional but trying to hold our heads up high and trying to get by the best we can," she said. | "We're all emotional but trying to hold our heads up high and trying to get by the best we can," she said. |
"We want to show people how hard it is for us one year after Darren died. | "We want to show people how hard it is for us one year after Darren died. |
"We hope to send out a message so that, hopefully, other people won't have to go through the same." | "We hope to send out a message so that, hopefully, other people won't have to go through the same." |