Another stab death as police call for more search powers

As a man dies close to where Ben Kinsella was killed, beat officers warn that they are struggling to win the war against knife crime London's increasing reputation as the stabbing capital of Europe was reinforced yesterday after a partygoer was murdered less than a mile from where 16-year-old Ben Kinsella died three weeks ago. The victim, named locally as Elliot Guy, the father of a newborn baby who, according to neighbours was in the capital to help decorate his mother's home, was the 55th person to die from knife wounds in London this year. He was found with a slash wound to the neck following an argument at a party in Tufnell Park in the north of the capital. Two men and a woman are being questioned. 'He was so innocent,' a neighbour said. 'That's why I'm so choked. I can't imagine the pain his family must be going... [read full story]