:00:00. > :00:14.In current circumstances, I'm not how many votes will get.
:00:15. > :00:19.First tonight, with six teenagers stabbed to death
:00:20. > :00:22.in the capital so far this year, knife crime is a key issue
:00:23. > :00:25.for police and politicians in the run-up to the election.
:00:26. > :00:27.In a moment we'll look at how the parties intend
:00:28. > :00:29.First, here's our home affairs correspondent,
:00:30. > :00:32.Nick Beake who's been speaking to one father devastated
:00:33. > :00:51.17-year-old Jamal Boyce was stabbed in the heart outside
:00:52. > :00:56.Paramedics brought him back from the dead.
:00:57. > :01:02.But seven months on, this is his life.
:01:03. > :01:04.There is no form of communication with him.
:01:05. > :01:07.He can't move, he's blind, there is no speech.
:01:08. > :01:13.He cannot feed himself, he gets fed by a tube.
:01:14. > :01:17.So it's a very low level of life he's got.
:01:18. > :01:20.Jamal had never been in a gang, never carried a knife,
:01:21. > :01:23.never been in trouble with the police.
:01:24. > :01:36.What I thought was important is not important no more.
:01:37. > :01:43.Well, spending time with people you love and who love you.
:01:44. > :01:46.That's what I've realised throughout this whole experience.
:01:47. > :01:54.Epidemic. It's insane.
:01:55. > :01:58.It's like demons have just taken over the youth of today.
:01:59. > :02:02.There is no morals, no love, it's insane.
:02:03. > :02:08.One with a grey hoody, backpack, jeans, blue jacket.
:02:09. > :02:13.This week we went out to see how police are tackling knife
:02:14. > :02:19.And this is how the police are tackling knife crime
:02:20. > :02:28.Here in Lewisham, this boy has been stopped because teenagers have been
:02:29. > :02:33.He's one of 400 people arrested in the past week
:02:34. > :02:37.Obviously in the moment you are more aware that these
:02:38. > :02:40.people might have knives, and where he was wrestling with me,
:02:41. > :02:43.obviously he was bigger than me, I have to be mindful where his hands
:02:44. > :02:49.In this case, despite an extended search, no weapon is found.
:02:50. > :02:52.Michael Gallagher nearly died 35 years ago when he was stabbed.
:02:53. > :02:54.Now he's the officer leading the Metropolitan Police's crusade
:02:55. > :03:02.A crime which has jumped by a quarter in the past year.
:03:03. > :03:07.Yes, it is worrying, yes it is tragic, but we will work
:03:08. > :03:10.through this as a society and I am confident we can fix it.
:03:11. > :03:17.I'm not going to sit here and say we're going to allow it to go up,
:03:18. > :03:20.we're going to everything within our power legally in order
:03:21. > :03:22.to make sure we bring this under control and reduce victims.
:03:23. > :03:25.Please, I am begging you, I cannot take no more.
:03:26. > :03:28.The anguish of a mother who will never see her son again.
:03:29. > :03:35.One of so many young Londoners stabbed to to death.
:03:36. > :03:37.One of so many young Londoners stabbed to death.
:03:38. > :03:39.This weekend the families left behind came together
:03:40. > :03:43.The people on this march are of one voice.
:03:44. > :03:47.But when it comes to the best way of tackling knife crime in our city,
:03:48. > :04:02.But how would this dad even begin to tackle this problem?
:04:03. > :04:04.To get these children into employment, into
:04:05. > :04:10.That would be such a fantastic thing, if these guys
:04:11. > :04:12.want to go out killing people, bring back...
:04:13. > :04:22.A lot of these children have single parents,
:04:23. > :04:26.they've got no father, they are the father in the house.
:04:27. > :04:28.They have never been disciplined, so there is no boundaries
:04:29. > :04:42.It's not just my son I've lost, I've lost my friend,
:04:43. > :04:51.Nick after hearing Patting trick there and the Met, give us a sense
:04:52. > :04:56.of how the parties are tackling knife crime? We are waiting for the
:04:57. > :05:01.specifics of the manifestos, it's difficult, will there be new radical
:05:02. > :05:03.ideas? Labour will fund an extra 10,000 police officers they've said
:05:04. > :05:10.across the country, many would be in London. Today the Mayor of London
:05:11. > :05:15.suggested that his party would reverse the ?400 million of cuts
:05:16. > :05:18.that skward faces in coming years. -- Scotland Yard.
:05:19. > :05:21.My worry is if the Tories win the general election we'll face not
:05:22. > :05:23.just those cuts but some more, as well.
:05:24. > :05:25.So a Labour Government won't have those cuts but also we'd have
:05:26. > :05:27.additional uniformed officers which means a safer London.
:05:28. > :05:30.So a Labour Government would reverse all those cuts?
:05:31. > :05:33.I am saying to the Labour Party we shouldn't be having those
:05:34. > :05:35.cuts already announced by the Conservative Party but also
:05:36. > :05:37.we can't have any further cuts after the general election
:05:38. > :05:39.and I welcome the additional uniformed officers.
:05:40. > :05:43.The Conservatives? Well, we asked the Conservatives for an interview
:05:44. > :05:47.but they weren't able to provide anyone for that today. However, they
:05:48. > :05:51.told us they've introduced tougher sentences, particularly if you are
:05:52. > :05:56.caught with a knife for the second time. Also they've taken action on
:05:57. > :06:01.the sale of Blades to children. They make the point knife crime is down
:06:02. > :06:06.compared with 2010. In light of this recent rise, told us today they take
:06:07. > :06:10.any increase extremely seriously and will continue to work closely with
:06:11. > :06:14.the police. As for the Liberal Democrats, they say that more
:06:15. > :06:16.funding is the key to this, specifically more community
:06:17. > :06:20.policing. In other words, more bobbies on the beat.
:06:21. > :06:21.Visible policing increases trust and confidence.
:06:22. > :06:23.If you know your local police officer, you can
:06:24. > :06:27.If the police officers know who's carrying the knives, they can target
:06:28. > :06:29.stop and search more effectively, you get community intelligence.
:06:30. > :06:32.Overall, crime will reduce because the police and the community
:06:33. > :06:43.What about other parties? The Greens say it's important to invest in
:06:44. > :06:49.youth services, more engagement in schools. Ukip haven't given
:06:50. > :06:53.specifics yet but previously they've criticised the mayor for focussing
:06:54. > :06:57.more on online crime, rather than tackling knife crime, which as we
:06:58. > :06:58.heard in my report many families believe is now an epidemic. Thank
:06:59. > :07:02.you very much. A jury has ruled that excessive
:07:03. > :07:05.force by 11 police officers contributed to the death
:07:06. > :07:07.of a mental health patient. 23-year-old Olaseni Lewis died
:07:08. > :07:09.in 2010 while being restrained at a psychiatric hospital in south
:07:10. > :07:11.London. His mum described him
:07:12. > :07:20.as her gentle giant. Olaseni Lewis was 23,
:07:21. > :07:23.an IT graduate with no He was very popular,
:07:24. > :07:30.lots of friends. He hated injustice,
:07:31. > :07:37.stood up for people, marginalised people,
:07:38. > :07:40.he tried everything. In 2010, Seni went out with friends
:07:41. > :07:43.over the August bank holiday, and returned home complaining he had
:07:44. > :07:47.been spiked with drugs. The following day his behaviour
:07:48. > :07:50.became erratic so his mum took him He was transferred to
:07:51. > :07:55.Camberwell and detained under the Mental Health Act,
:07:56. > :08:00.but after a short time with no beds he was discharged and voluntarily
:08:01. > :08:05.travelled for further treatment. Seni had been restrained
:08:06. > :08:15.by staff twice, and then He died in hospital
:08:16. > :08:20.three days later. A postmortem examination found his
:08:21. > :08:25.brain had been starved of oxygen. Today, an inquest jury unanimously
:08:26. > :08:27.found the level of restraint was unnecessary and unreasonable,
:08:28. > :08:29.saying the officers had It has taken nearly seven years
:08:30. > :08:35.for this inquest to be heard. Originally, the Independent Police
:08:36. > :08:39.Complaints Commission Then in 2013, there was an external
:08:40. > :08:50.review of the evidence by a QA. In 2015, the Crown Prosecution
:08:51. > :08:52.Service said there was not enough evidence to bring criminal charges
:08:53. > :08:55.against any of the They have not faced
:08:56. > :08:57.misconduct charges either. This is not the first time that
:08:58. > :09:00.restraint has caused the death of someone,
:09:01. > :09:03.and it is not the lasting. What we're calling upon today
:09:04. > :09:05.is for the Home Office, the Department of Health
:09:06. > :09:15.and the Metropolitan Police to urgently respond to the shocking
:09:16. > :09:27.evidence in this case, We have worked tirelessly to improve
:09:28. > :09:30.our training and services we have got. I hope I would give the public
:09:31. > :09:33.confidence around that but it's absolutely right we go back and
:09:34. > :09:37.reflect on what happened in 2010 to make sure if there is more learning
:09:38. > :09:41.to be drawn out, we very much do that.
:09:42. > :09:44.I do not want to see another parent going through this.
:09:45. > :09:47.After so many years of bringing up your children, caring for them,
:09:48. > :09:48.providing them love, educating them, for this
:09:49. > :09:59.to happen when you take them to a place of safety...
:10:00. > :10:10.The verdict could have far-reaching implications. For Seni's family it's
:10:11. > :10:12.a kind of closure seven years after they lost him. Now here is the
:10:13. > :10:16.weather. Thank you.
:10:17. > :10:21.The red sky tonight will be a delight tomorrow. It's also a
:10:22. > :10:25.warning for gardeners, under clear skies now it's going to turn frosty
:10:26. > :10:29.tonight. A widespread frost on the grass. In some places as skies stay
:10:30. > :10:35.clear and winds fall light we could be as low as three, lower than that,
:10:36. > :10:39.we could have an air frost in some prone spots rurally. It will be a
:10:40. > :10:42.nippy start to the day tomorrow. But the temperatures will pick up
:10:43. > :10:47.quickly because the winds are light. The sun will be shining throughout.
:10:48. > :10:52.We should get to 18 in London and somewhere further west of there. For
:10:53. > :10:56.Thursday, it's a little more cloudy again. Temperatures up to 19.
:10:57. > :10:59.Increasing humidity. You can see that will start to produce heavy
:11:00. > :11:02.showers around on Friday. A lot of fine weather over the weekend. Now
:11:03. > :11:05.for the fine weather over the weekend. Now
:11:06. > :11:10.for the national forecast here is Tomasz.
:11:11. > :11:14.Good evening. Beautiful day today across many
:11:15. > :11:18.parts of the UK. Here is a picture from Wales, sunny skies and more of
:11:19. > :11:23.the same tomorrow. In fact for many of us even better. There is that
:11:24. > :11:27.last little lump of cloud across central and eastern areas, it's in
:11:28. > :11:30.the process of melting away. Skies are clearing across most of the
:11:31. > :11:35.country so that promises a beautiful day tomorrow. It's going to be
:11:36. > :11:39.chilly, really chilly tonight. The stars are out, clear right across
:11:40. > :11:43.the country. Eventually by the early hours of Wednesday morning
:11:44. > :11:48.temperatures in the middle of towns and cities around six or seven. But
:11:49. > :11:55.in rural spots, or even outside of town two or three and at its coldest
:11:56. > :11:59.it could dip down to minus two. A nippy morning on the way for many
:12:00. > :12:04.but a beautiful start to the day. Let's look at the afternoon.
:12:05. > :12:06.Scotland, not so sunny everywhere because here northern parts of