Mother of stabbed norwich teen fears more young life will be lost

The mother of a teenager who was stabbed said she feared that the story could be repeated.

Emma Dix, who opened a charity organization against Kniale in 2022 after the murder of her son Joe (18) on Norwich's Mile Cross Estate in 2022, spoke at a parish meeting.

Ms. Dix, who organized the event, said it was “only a matter of time” before another young life was lost.

Suppt Wes Hornigold from the Norfolk police said: “We are working very hard to disturb people in our community, to prevent and to react robust that opt ​​for a knife.”

The Joe Dix Foundation was launched in 2023 to raise awareness of razor crime and child crime.

The meeting on Tuesday was held to eliminate the concerns of the residents of Mile Cross.

“This is the area in which Joe lost his life, and I am really passionate that no other child loses his life like my son,” said Ms. Dix.

“There are a lot that needs to be done and I don't think something will happen very quickly.”

“Today was a start and it's about bringing like -minded people together to see what we can do,” she added.

Annual crime statistics published by the Office of National Statistics in April showed that knife crime had fallen 6.6% in Norfolk in 2024.

It also showed that possession of a weapon had increased by 0.8%.

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A resident of the meeting who refused to name her name said that she was frightened knife crime could influence her children when they grow up.

“You want you to be safe, but you also have to give you freedom,” she said.

“I'm afraid to give them this freedom.”

Another resident who also refused to name her name said that she wanted to highlight the effect on the entire community.

“It not only affects small children, it affects me and I'm almost 70,” she said.

“I actually feel quite frightened, it shys you in.”

Gill Baker, 63, did not take part in the meeting, but visited the family on the Mile Cross Estate from her house in Hastings, East Sussex.

“Compared to where I live, it's okay.

“Messer crime, drugs, alcoholism – it is everywhere,” she said.

“It doesn't matter where they go, it is widespread. We need more police.”

Supt Hornigold, who was at the meeting, said the Norfolk team was working throughout the district to tackle the razor crime.

“We understand that an incident with a knife is too many,” he said.

“We will see these times when incidents rise, but we are obliged to react robustly and to have a real approach for the way we tackle the crime and violence of knives.”