Knives Take Lives: Doncaster mum opens up about losing her son in fatal stabbing at police campaign launch
The Star, Sheffield
2025-01-29
Views 6K
Lisa Theobald has thrown her support behind a brand new anti-knife crime campaign by South Yorkshire Police and opened up about losing her son, Ryan, in a stabbing in Doncaster city centre in 2022.
Ryan, who was 20, and his friend Janis Kozlovskis, 17, were killed by Amrit Jhagra in an altercation on January 29, 2022. Jhagra, who was 19 at the time of the attack, was jailed for at least 24 years in prison.
Lisa spoke to The Star at South Yorkshire Police's Knives Take Lives campaign launch, which aims to inform young men of the consequences of carrying and using knives.
Hear from Lisa in this video and from Detective Thomas Ryan, whose experiences investigating five fatal stabbings were the catalyst for the campaign.
Ryan, who was 20, and his friend Janis Kozlovskis, 17, were killed by Amrit Jhagra in an altercation on January 29, 2022. Jhagra, who was 19 at the time of the attack, was jailed for at least 24 years in prison.
Lisa spoke to The Star at South Yorkshire Police's Knives Take Lives campaign launch, which aims to inform young men of the consequences of carrying and using knives.
Hear from Lisa in this video and from Detective Thomas Ryan, whose experiences investigating five fatal stabbings were the catalyst for the campaign.
Report form
RELATED VIDEOS
