No 10 urged to review religious knife rules after Henry Nowak murder

Hampshire police commissioner writes to Keir Starmer over ‘national tragedy’ of Southampton stabbing last December

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The police and crime commissioner for Hampshire is leading calls for a review of religious exemptions on the carrying of knives after Henry Nowak, 18, was murdered by a man carrying a “Sikh dagger” in Southampton.

Donna Jones described the stabbing of the university student as a “national tragedy” and said she was writing to the prime minister, Keir Starmer, about the issue.