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London Fashion Store Condemned for Putting Up Knife-wielding Mannequin
Anti-knife campaigners are aghast that the store, Sefton Menswear on Upper Street. Islington, in the heart of London, should have chosen to do up a mannequin with a knife, and thus at a time when everyone is agonizing over the increasing youth violence. And the store is situated hardly a mile from the spot where 16-year-old Ben Kinsella was fatally stabbed four months ago.
In effect the Sefton were glamourising knife culture, critics charged.
Kinsella's sister, the former EastEnders actress Brooke Kinsella, 24, described the retailer as "insensitive".
She said: "It is extremely irresponsible to glamorise carrying knives in this way. So many young people are losing their lives through knife crime, which is such a serious problem at the moment."
Rose Dixon of campaign group Support After Murder and Manslaughter said: "This is wholly inappropriate. It is glamorising having a weapon and carrying a knife.
"People who have been bereaved by knife crime find it disturbing to come across someone with a knife, even in innocent situations. It can simply freak them out. Knife crime is not a marketing tool."
As The Sunday Telegraph began to take photographs of the shopfront last week, staff swiftly removed the window display. It had been already been up for several days.
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10/26/2008
I walked past earlier this week and it's actually mimicking a butcher's display, this story is taken out of context by an over reactionary media.
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