Heartbroken mum of teen stabbed to death says government have 'blood on their hands'
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manchestereveningnews.co.ukA mum whose son was killed in a machete attack said the government's failures mean they have 'blood on their hands'. Heartbroken Kelly Brown, 47, was speaking as new figures show the deadly blades are being used in a crime every hour.
Machetes featured in almost 700 offences a month - six times more than eight years - as the weapon of choice for violent thugs.
Kelly, whose son Rhamero West, 16, was stabbed to death in Old Trafford, in September 2021, believes the huge rise in the use of the knives shows vows to ban them were just empty promises.
Rhamero, the nephew of former Manchester City star Shaun Wright-Phillips, was chased down by a 'pack of wolves' before he was fatally knifed on Norton Street.
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