The mother of a teenager murdered in an unprovoked knife attack near his Wolverhampton home has spoken of her grief at the Labour Party conference.
Pooja Kanda, whose 16-year-old son Ronan was stabbed to death in a case of mistaken identity, told delegates in Liverpool how nothing can prepare a parent for the news that their child had been killed.
Mrs Kanda told the conference about the ease with which Veadhesa, just 16 at the time, bought a ninja sword and a machete."Knife crime is terrifying communities and destroying families like mine. "I and other families will work closely with this new Labour Government to stamp out the scourge of serious violence on our streets."
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