BIN THE BLADE

The mother of a young man who was stabbed to death in Tameside is appealing for people to ‘bin the blade’ as part of a week-long knife surrender.

Rhian Jones’ son Dominic Doyle tragically lost his life when he was stabbed during a night out in Denton. He was just 21 years old when he died.

Desperate to stop any other family suffering the same pain, his mother Rhian is supporting Greater Manchester Police’s knife surrender.

The surrender, which takes place 21 – 27 November, will see dedicated bins placed into 11 police stations in Greater Manchester.

Knives – including illegal weapons or any other unwanted bladed instruments - can be dropped off in the bins safely and anonymously, with no questions asked.

Rhian Jones said: “I want to support the ‘Bin the Blade’ campaign because my 21 year old son Dominic Doyle was killed by a gang of knife wielding youths.

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

“As part of the campaign I want to speak directly to the mums of these youths carrying knives. Be open and honest with them and talk to them about carrying knives.

“Please don't think it will never happen to you because that's what I thought and it could be you burying your son or daughter next time because someone was carrying a knife.

“This needs to stop, we need to get the knives off the streets. Please support the campaign - bin the blade and save a life.”

Detective Chief Inspector Debbie Dooley from the Xcalibre Task Force at GMP said: “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 and we appeal to residents to take this opportunity to hand in their blades safely and anonymously.”

Deputy Police and Commissioner Jim Battle said: “Campaigns like this have proved successful in the past, taking hundreds of knives off our streets before they fall into the wrong hands. Now we ask the people of Greater Manchester to once again look to their consciences, do the right thing and bin the blade. Please take this opportunity to get rid of your blades anonymously and continue to work with us to make our streets safer for future generations.”

Monday 21 November – Sunday 27 November

Drop your knives off at one of the police stations below.

No questions asked

Safe, quick and easy

Anonymous     

Special bins in enquiry counters

Open 8 am – 11 pm Daily

Central Park, Northampton Road, Manchester, M40 5BP 0161 856 3529

Longsight Police Station, Grindlow Street, Longsight, M13 0LL 0161 856 4229

Swinton Police Station, Chorley Road, Swinton, M27 6BA 0161 856 5229

Ashton Police Station, Manchester Road, Ashton, OL7 0BQ 0161 856 9329

Cheadle Heath Police Station, Spectrum Way, SK3 0SA 0161 856 9829

Bolton Police Station, Scholey Street, off Manchester Road, Bolton, BL2 1HD 0161 856 5629

Wigan Police Station, Robin Park Way, Wigan, WN5 0UP 0161 856 7128

Stretford Police Station, Talbot Road, Stretford, M32 0UX 0161 856 7629

Bury Police Station, Dunster Road, Bury, BL9 0RD 0161 856 8129

Rochdale Police Station, The Esplanade, Rochdale, OL16 1AG 0161 856 8529

Oldham Police Station, Barn Street, Oldham, OL1 1LR 0161 856 8929

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