Ban won’t end knife crime, says founder of Bristol academy whose pupils died

Rev Steve Chalke says killing of Mason Rist and Max Dixon was devastating' and calls for earlier intervention on knife crime

Banning zombie" knives and machetes will not end the trauma of knife crime, the founder of an academy trust has warned, after two pupils at one of his schools were fatally stabbed over the weekend.

The Rev Steve Chalke, of Oasis academies, said the killing of Mason Rist, 15, and his 16-year-old friend Max Dixon in south Bristol was absolutely devastating" for family and friends, their school and the wider community in Knowle West.