No one was jailed for selling a knife to a child in England and Wales in the five years up to 2006, it has emerged.
Most of the 71 people convicted of selling knives to under 16-year-olds were fined, but mostly less than £500, despite the maximum fine being £5,000.
Only one person was given a community sentence, despite the maximum sentence being six months in prison.
The figures, up to the end of 2006, were revealed following parliamentary questions by the Liberal Democrats.
After all the recent hoo-ha about knife crime, the report above from the BBC is staggering. We're seeing a definite increase in knife crimes amongst teenagers. And yet, the sentences, doled out to those selling youngsters knives, are pathetically weak.
Well done to the Liberal Democrats for wheedling this information out of the government.
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