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Good evening, I'm Asad Ahmad. | 0:00:11 | 0:00:14 | |
Two men have been stabbed to death
in separate attacks, | 0:00:14 | 0:00:17 | |
in the space of just two hours
in north London. | 0:00:17 | 0:00:20 | |
There were other knife
attacks in the area too, | 0:00:20 | 0:00:27 | |
but of the fatalities,
was 17-year-old Abdikarim Hassan. | 0:00:27 | 0:00:29 | |
The other was Sadiq Adan Mohammed,
20 years old, who's brother was also | 0:00:29 | 0:00:32 | |
stabbed to death last year. | 0:00:32 | 0:00:34 | |
Their mother, Fowsiya Abdi,
spoke to Chris Rogers about her loss | 0:00:34 | 0:00:38 | |
and her feelings over knife crime. | 0:00:38 | 0:00:46 | |
The last photo of
Fowsiya's son, Sadiq. | 0:00:53 | 0:00:57 | |
When she received the news
he was one of two Somali men who had | 0:00:57 | 0:01:00 | |
been stabbed to death in one night,
she was already grieving. | 0:01:00 | 0:01:03 | |
She lost her other son
Mohammed five months | 0:01:03 | 0:01:05 | |
ago, brutally stabbed. | 0:01:05 | 0:01:06 | |
And her nephew was
also stabbed to death | 0:01:06 | 0:01:08 | |
four years before. | 0:01:08 | 0:01:09 | |
Why? | 0:01:09 | 0:01:15 | |
You have lost two sons... | 0:01:18 | 0:01:20 | |
Two sons. | 0:01:20 | 0:01:21 | |
To stabbings? | 0:01:21 | 0:01:22 | |
Yes. | 0:01:22 | 0:01:24 | |
My sister's son. | 0:01:24 | 0:01:27 | |
And I know you said they were both
good lads, educated. | 0:01:27 | 0:01:30 | |
Yes. | 0:01:30 | 0:01:33 | |
Is there any chance that they could
have had enemies, could have | 0:01:33 | 0:01:36 | |
been involved in gang
culture of any kind? | 0:01:36 | 0:01:39 | |
Do you think enough is being
done to tackle knife | 0:01:39 | 0:01:42 | |
crime? | 0:01:42 | 0:01:45 | |
There's a lot of knives here? | 0:01:54 | 0:01:56 | |
She is a mother with
unimaginable loss. | 0:01:56 | 0:02:00 | |
She blames a knife culture
in her community, that | 0:02:00 | 0:02:04 | |
the police, she says,
have done little to tackle. | 0:02:04 | 0:02:09 | |
What is your message to the people
who carry knives, who are | 0:02:16 | 0:02:26 | |
intent on using them and used them
on both of your sons, what is your | 0:02:27 | 0:02:30 | |
message as a mother who's lost two
sons to knife crime. | 0:02:30 | 0:02:33 | |
A tragic story Chris -
and there's real anger | 0:02:53 | 0:02:55 | |
in the community tonight? | 0:02:55 | 0:03:04 | |
There is also fear and to try to
catch that, there are more police on | 0:03:04 | 0:03:11 | |
the streets of Camden tonight and
four people were found in a car and | 0:03:11 | 0:03:14 | |
have been arrested this evening.
There was a meeting at a local | 0:03:14 | 0:03:18 | |
community in the last couple of
hours where they spoke to local | 0:03:18 | 0:03:21 | |
police and officials, not just
demanding more police, but more | 0:03:21 | 0:03:25 | |
resorts is to stop young people in
the area from falling into gang | 0:03:25 | 0:03:29 | |
crime or falling victim to it. I
spoke to an outreach worker who was | 0:03:29 | 0:03:34 | |
at the meeting and he said much more
needs to be done before more lives | 0:03:34 | 0:03:36 | |
are lost. | 0:03:36 | 0:03:39 | |
The communities are in real
difficult tension at the moment. | 0:03:39 | 0:03:42 | |
They are worried, they are
scared, they don't know | 0:03:42 | 0:03:44 | |
whether their son will be next. | 0:03:44 | 0:03:46 | |
Everyone I speak to is
devastated and thinking, | 0:03:46 | 0:03:48 | |
what about my children,
what's going to happen | 0:03:48 | 0:03:49 | |
to my children? | 0:03:49 | 0:03:50 | |
And I think the community needs
to be reassured of that. | 0:03:50 | 0:03:53 | |
We need to do more, we need to do
more and we need to give real | 0:03:53 | 0:03:57 | |
solutions to make sure this
doesn't happen again. | 0:03:57 | 0:04:03 | |
What are the police and government
saying about this? I have lost count | 0:04:03 | 0:04:07 | |
of the bereaved parents I have
interviewed over the last 20 years. | 0:04:07 | 0:04:12 | |
It is on the up and this has forced
the government into a rethink. They | 0:04:12 | 0:04:18 | |
are launching a new strategy in the
summer, not just about more police, | 0:04:18 | 0:04:22 | |
but stopping young people to become
part of gang crime. It is about | 0:04:22 | 0:04:30 | |
education, local resources and it
will have to have a big impact. | 0:04:30 | 0:04:33 | |
Thank you very much. | 0:04:33 | 0:04:36 | |
Congestion and speed limits
in London could be about to get | 0:04:36 | 0:04:39 | |
worse, as all nonessential repairs
to roads are stopped until 2020. | 0:04:39 | 0:04:42 | |
It's because of a shortage of money,
and as our transport correspondent | 0:04:42 | 0:04:44 | |
Tom Edwards reports,
it's led to a war of words between | 0:04:44 | 0:04:47 | |
the Mayor's Office and Government,
about who's to blame. | 0:04:47 | 0:04:49 | |
Meanwhile drivers should
prepare to lose out. | 0:04:49 | 0:04:59 | |
Last night, teams were out repairing
the Euston underpass. While this | 0:04:59 | 0:05:04 | |
kind of safety critical work will
continue, for the next two years, | 0:05:04 | 0:05:07 | |
all nonessential the birds --
repairs are on hold due to a lack of | 0:05:07 | 0:05:15 | |
money. It could mean more speed and
weight restrictions the vehicles and | 0:05:15 | 0:05:19 | |
more traffic jams. Those who use the
road so they are already in a bad | 0:05:19 | 0:05:25 | |
way. I have been driving for 36
years and the lost two years, I have | 0:05:25 | 0:05:30 | |
never known it, you could not
imagine it would be 100 times worse. | 0:05:30 | 0:05:35 | |
It has always been stressful. City
Hall blames the government for | 0:05:35 | 0:05:40 | |
cutting the day-to-day operating
grant and says the capital should | 0:05:40 | 0:05:43 | |
get the share of vehicle excise duty
that Londoners pay. We have lost 700 | 0:05:43 | 0:05:49 | |
million annually from the government
grants. Much of which used to go | 0:05:49 | 0:05:54 | |
onto the roads. We think it is
completely unreasonable and unfair. | 0:05:54 | 0:05:59 | |
The government needs to understand
there is a terrible consequence. TfL | 0:05:59 | 0:06:04 | |
is facing challenges to balance its
budget. It says it is delivering | 0:06:04 | 0:06:09 | |
efficiencies and investing record
amounts. But the mayor's opponents | 0:06:09 | 0:06:13 | |
blame his fare freeze which cost
£640 million over four years. He has | 0:06:13 | 0:06:18 | |
made some really rash decisions,
employed people when he didn't need | 0:06:18 | 0:06:22 | |
to because of the unions. He has cut
fares when he didn't need to and | 0:06:22 | 0:06:28 | |
starved investment in transport.
When it comes down to it, it is also | 0:06:28 | 0:06:32 | |
the mayor who is at fault. When it
comes down to it commonly has got to | 0:06:32 | 0:06:39 | |
start putting as much money as he
can end to make sure transport keeps | 0:06:39 | 0:06:43 | |
moving in London. It is extremely
unlikely there will be any more | 0:06:43 | 0:06:49 | |
funding from the government. Stock
in the middle using deteriorating | 0:06:49 | 0:06:54 | |
roads, the capital's drivers. | 0:06:54 | 0:07:01 | |
London's prisons come under
fire for many reasons, | 0:07:01 | 0:07:03 | |
which include overcrowding
and violence. | 0:07:03 | 0:07:04 | |
Factors which are said
to contribute to the high levels | 0:07:04 | 0:07:06 | |
of re-offending among inmates. | 0:07:06 | 0:07:07 | |
So tonight, we look at Norway,
which has some of the lowest | 0:07:07 | 0:07:10 | |
re-offending rates in the world,
to see if lessons can be learnt. | 0:07:10 | 0:07:13 | |
Marc Ashdown has
this special report. | 0:07:13 | 0:07:15 | |
Tore is a truck driver,
just finishing his daily shift | 0:07:15 | 0:07:18 | |
delivering goods around Trondheim,
he's also serving | 0:07:18 | 0:07:21 | |
five years in prison. | 0:07:22 | 0:07:25 | |
Towards the end of their sentence,
some prisoners can stay in this open | 0:07:25 | 0:07:28 | |
unit and get a job to help them
readjust when released. | 0:07:28 | 0:07:34 | |
It's easier for you when you come
out and you can be a better | 0:07:34 | 0:07:37 | |
neighbour and then if you come
from inside and start | 0:07:37 | 0:07:39 | |
to work the day after. | 0:07:39 | 0:07:41 | |
Inmates have to earn this. | 0:07:41 | 0:07:44 | |
They all start their sentences
at one of 43 prisons across Norway, | 0:07:44 | 0:07:46 | |
the worst criminals,
like mass murder Ankers Breivik, | 0:07:46 | 0:07:49 | |
are kept in high-security wings
and may never be released. | 0:07:49 | 0:07:54 | |
But for most, the road
to rehabilitation starts early. | 0:07:54 | 0:07:59 | |
Drug offenders, like this young man,
are offered treatment | 0:07:59 | 0:08:02 | |
programmes and trips out. | 0:08:02 | 0:08:05 | |
Three times a week we're outside
the prison, actually, | 0:08:05 | 0:08:07 | |
playing football and land hockey,
instead of just sitting | 0:08:07 | 0:08:10 | |
inside and doing nothing. | 0:08:10 | 0:08:14 | |
We work with like the progression
of getting back to the community. | 0:08:14 | 0:08:19 | |
To that end, there are courses run
by the local school or training | 0:08:19 | 0:08:23 | |
in mechanics and woodwork. | 0:08:23 | 0:08:25 | |
Hopefully, it will help them to get
a proper job when they are out | 0:08:25 | 0:08:28 | |
of their time in prison. | 0:08:28 | 0:08:29 | |
Everything about life
in this prison is geared | 0:08:29 | 0:08:31 | |
towards working with the inmates,
giving them all the support | 0:08:31 | 0:08:34 | |
and tools they need to fully
rehabilitate, so that | 0:08:34 | 0:08:37 | |
when they do get out of here,
there's far less chance | 0:08:37 | 0:08:40 | |
of them coming back. | 0:08:40 | 0:08:44 | |
It has a smaller population,
but comparatively Norway locks up | 0:08:44 | 0:08:47 | |
half as many people as Britain. | 0:08:47 | 0:08:49 | |
Crime rates and re-offending
rates are lower too. | 0:08:49 | 0:08:51 | |
The governor here says
we could learn from their ethos. | 0:08:51 | 0:08:54 | |
Everybody in Norwegian prisons
have a right to spend time together, | 0:08:54 | 0:08:57 | |
to be in a community
with other inmates. | 0:08:57 | 0:09:01 | |
Right. | 0:09:01 | 0:09:03 | |
That's a basic rule
we have to follow. | 0:09:03 | 0:09:05 | |
Stage two for some prisoners
is the Leira Unit, on the outskirts. | 0:09:05 | 0:09:09 | |
It's open and it's no walls. | 0:09:09 | 0:09:14 | |
Yeah. | 0:09:14 | 0:09:16 | |
It's invisible walls around here. | 0:09:16 | 0:09:20 | |
Right now it's cheaper
to run an open prison | 0:09:20 | 0:09:22 | |
than the maximum security prison. | 0:09:22 | 0:09:27 | |
And we have all categories
of inmates here. | 0:09:27 | 0:09:29 | |
We have all categories. | 0:09:29 | 0:09:33 | |
If you want to do something
with your life, they work | 0:09:33 | 0:09:35 | |
for you and try to find a way
so you can come back to society | 0:09:35 | 0:09:39 | |
like a better person
than you was before. | 0:09:39 | 0:09:43 | |
They have a saying in prisons here -
the only thing we take away | 0:09:43 | 0:09:46 | |
is someone's freedom,
but everything possible | 0:09:46 | 0:09:49 | |
is done to help them get
it back and keep it. | 0:09:49 | 0:09:52 | |
Marc Ashdown, BBC London News,
Trondheim, in Norway. | 0:09:52 | 0:10:01 |