Why I carried a knife

The Times’ crime correspondent David Woode sits down with a 19-year-old man who was recently imprisoned for carrying a knife. We get a rare insight into what some

young people are really facing in London, and why he felt he had to arm himself with a deadly weapon.

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Host: David Woode, Crime Correspondent, The Times.

Producer: Sam Chantarasak.

Further reading: The Times Crime and Justice Commission

Further listening: What’s behind the rise in knife crime on our streets

Photo: Times photographer Richard Pohle.

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