Online Knife Sale Laws
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Retailers selling knives online face stricter laws
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Retailers will be required to report any bulk or suspicious knife purchases to police.
The jail term for selling weapons to under-18s will be increased from six months to two years .
A new offence of "possession with violent intent" will come with a prison sentence of up to four years .
New policing unit backed with 1 m of funding to monitor for weapons being sold illegally on social media will also be created.
In October 2024 , Petrescu was jailed for three years after pleading guilty to knife-related offences.
Home secretary has said the government is on a "mission" to halve knife crime over the next 10 years .
There were 262 murders involving a knife or sharp instrument in the year to March 2024 .
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