Special Programme: Knife crime in the North East

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On the day 15-year-old Leighton Amies was jailed for the murder of teenager Tomasz Oleszak we took a look at the issue of knife crime in our communities.

Tomasz died last October after being stabbed in a park near the Springwell Estate in Gateshead.

He is one of a number of teens who have lost their lives to knives in recent months.


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