Education is key to tackling knife crime, says Oxford mother whose son was stabbed to death
It comes as people trying to buy knives online will face tougher measures
A mother from Oxford whose son was fatally stabbed says educating young people is the key to helping tackle knife crime.
The prime minister said in the Sun newspaper this week, he would be bringing in new measures to make it tougher to buy knives online following the Southport attack last summer.
The Prime Minister wants to change the law after 18-year-old Axel Rudakubana murdered three young girls last July, with a weapon he'd bought online, aged just 17.
The law change would see two types of identification required for people buying them, such as a live video to prove they are of an age to purchase one, as well as a drivers license or passport.
Amazon says it's launched an 'urgent investigation' after it emerged the Southport killer was able to illegally buy a knife from the retailer.
'There’s an awful lot more we can do'
Eden Buron, 68, from Rose Hill, welcomes the decision to look at new rules for online knife purchases, saying it’s a “positive step” but also says “it doesn’t go far enough”.
Ms Buron said: “I think there’s an awful lot more that we can try to do.
“Starting with young children and educating them, you can teach them to say ‘no, I don’t want to get involved’ and not letting anyone change their mind.”
She added: “I would love to speak to them and tell them my story.
“I’m learning more about knife crimes and the more that I’m getting involved I’m thinking that I should do it, and I will do it.”
"Complete and utter devastation"
Eden’s son, Aaron Buron, was 29, when he stepped in to stop a fight outside his own home between a man and his girlfriend in 2012.
The man, Hayden O'Callaghan, armed himself with a knife and went looking for Aaron before he stabbed the 29 year old to death.
O'Callaghan, who was 18 at the time, pleaded guilty to manslaughter but was found guilty of murder by a jury and sentenced to life in prison.
Ms Buron said: “It’s so tragic because you’ve got a sister broken-hearted, brothers broken-hearted and the same for the whole remaining family. It’s just complete and utter devastation.”
She added: “Not only did it destroy my life, my husband’s life – Aaron’s children were devastated and their mental state will never be fully recovered.”