People who drop off their knives at police stations will be able to claim compensation.
People are being asked to drop their knives in deposit boxes like this one Owners of ‘zombie-style’ knives and machetes have been handed a deadline to give up the lethal weapons or face time behind bars. For one month, those in possession of the blades will be able to deposit them at police stations across England and Wales and receive compensation. The national surrender scheme will begin in exactly a week, on August 26, and run until September 23.
Daniel Anjorin, 14, was killed by a man who went on a rampage wielding a sword earlier this year However, the current moves to ban zombie-style knives were introduced by the Tories last year and approved by parliament in April, before the election. Efforts hit a stumbling block in the House of Lords due to the difficulty in defining the blades in a way that was neither too broad – preventing the sale of useful equipment – nor too narrow, allowing suppliers to skirt the law again.
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