SHOULD YOBS WHO CARRY KNIVES BE JAILED?

The guidelines have been issued to magistrates by a committee chaired by the Lord Chief Justice Lord Phillips.

Even those carrying a blade in “dangerous circumstances” could be given a community order, as could those caught with an imitation firearm.

It makes a mockery of a recent change in the law which doubled the maximum sentencing for carrying a knife to four years.

ARE YOU TERRIFIED OF KNIFE CRIME ON THE STREETS? PERHAPS YOU'VE BEEN A VICTIM OF BRITAIN'S VIOLENT YOB CULTURE.

SHOULD THUGS WHO CARRY WEAPONS BE JAILED OR FINED?

HAVE YOUR SAY NOW!