Stab wound kit in Crawley amid rising knife crime

Martin Cosser, whose son Charlie (17) was fatally stabbed at a party in Warnham in July, was in Crawley yesterday.

He went along to see a new stab wound treatment kit put up in the town centre.

Carl Scott is the ex-gang member now knife-crime campaigner who's been involved with getting the unit up. Similar kits are up in Hastings, Worthing and Bexhill. They include equipment that can help stop a catastrophic bleed before ambulance crews arrive.

Our reporter, Hanna Neter, went along to find out more.....

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