Mother urges support for amnesty

BIN THE BLADE . . .Deputy Police and Crime Commissioner Jim Battle with DCI Debbie Dooley at the launch of the amnesty.

A MOTHER is pleading for people to bin the blade after her son died when he was stabbed during a night out.

Rhian Jones' son Dominic Doyle (21) was killed when he was stabbed on a night out in Denton and Rhian is urging people to take part in Greater Manchester Police's week-long knife surrender.

Bin the Blade will see dedicated bins placed into 11 police stations in Greater Manchester.

Knives, illegal weapons or any other unwanted bladed instruments can be dropped off in the bins safely and anonymously.

Rhian is also urging mums of youths who carry knives to talk to their children about the risk.

She said: "I want to support the Bin the Blade campaign because my 21-year-old son Dominic Doyle was killed .

"It was an unprovoked attack, which took away my only child."

She said: "I want to speak directly to the mums of these youths carrying knives.

"Please don't think it will never happen to you, that's what I thought."

Det Chief Insp Debbie Dooley, from the Xcalibre Task Force at GMP, added: "Knives pose a serious risk within our communities and the more we can take off our streets, the greater chance we have of saving lives.

"We don't want any other family to go through the pain and suffering that Rhian and her family have had to endure."

Knife surrender campaigns have been successful in the past and GMP has also carried out gun surrender campaigns.

Deputy Police and Commissioner Jim Battle said: "Campaigns like this have proved successful in the past, taking hundreds of knives off our streets.

"Please take this opportunity to do the right thing."Get rid of your blades anonymously and continue to work with us to make our streets safer for future generations."

For drop off points and opening hours, visit gmp.police.uk/bintheblade.