Victims families demand tougher sentences for carrying a knife

Family members of violent crime victims (L-R) Sally Knox, Colin Knox, Margaret Mizen, Richard Taylor, Barry Mizen and Grace Idowu stand in Downing Street on July 20, 2009 in London. Home Secretary Alan Johnson and Prime Minister Gordon Brown spoke to family members of victims of violent teenage crime inside No 10 Downing Street.

(July 19, 2009 - Photo by Peter Macdiarmid/Getty Images Europe)

PARENTS of murdered teenagers are calling for stricter laws on knife crime.

Prime Minister Gordon Brown met with the grieving families, which included the parents of murdered Jimmy Mizen and Rob Knox, in Downing Street.

During the meeting the families called for a mandatory six month prison sentence for anyone carrying a knife.