Brooke Kinsella: 'I don't know how my parents get up every day'
The sister of a teenager who was murdered in London 10 years ago today has told ITV News that 'there is not one easy answer' to solving the problem of violent crime in the capital.
Brooke Kinsella said she supports calls for more police officers as well as other ideas of ways to reduce knife crime, but says 'everybody needs to do their bit'.
Brooke's 16-year-old brother Ben was stabbed to death in Islington, in June 2008, while out celebrating the end of his GCSEs. He was chased by a group of men who cornered him and stabbed him 11 times in five seconds. He died hours later in hospital.
Ben was the 17th teenager to die violently that year, yet so far in 2018 there have already been 51 fatal stabbings in London alone.
Today his sister, a former EastEnders actress, said there isn't one single reason to blame for people carrying knives but that things like fear, protection and social media may all 'contribute to one person carrying a knife'.
Since her brother's death, Brooke has dedicated her life to trying to reduce knife crime.
She's now working with schools, encouraging children to carry out 10 acts of kindness in Ben's memory. Brooke said 'Ten for Ben' is a positive way of marking the 10th anniversary of Ben's death and celebrating his short life.
A decade on from Ben's death, Brooke caught up with ITV News London's Senior Correspondent, Ronke Phillips: