Overview
- Pooja Kanda proposes turning parents’ evenings into prevention sessions, with posters and speakers addressing adults directly in school halls.
- She received an OBE last month for her anti-knife crime campaigning following her son’s killing.
- Ronan, 16, was stabbed to death in Wolverhampton in 2022 in a mistaken-identity attack using a 20-inch “ninja” sword.
- The weapon was bought using a parent’s ID and handed over at a Post Office collection point hours before the murder, exposing gaps in checks.
- ‘Ronan’s Law’ now bans ninja swords, while Lords amendments would require ID checks at collection points and a government consultation is exploring licensing for knife sellers and importers.