Soham Town Rangers host Knife Angel in national first

Cambridgeshire Police Chief Constable Simon Megicks said the arrival of the Knife Angel gave people “the opportunity to reflect, think about and talk about the horrors of knife-carrying in this county”.

“Here is Cambridgeshire and Peterborough, although we have lower knife crime than the national average, we’ve been touched by some significant and really damaging crime,” he said.

“What I would say to those who carry a knife is – it makes you more susceptible to being stabbed yourself.

“It doesn’t make you safer, it doesn’t give you any kudos or credibility. It actually makes you look weaker.”

Police and crime commissioner Darryl Preston described knife crime as “a scourge that impacts our young people far more than any others”.

Jonathan James added: “Knife crime is a choice – violence is a choice – and it’s our intention to educate young people that knife crime, carrying a knife and violence are the wrong choice.”