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A young mum was alarmed when her little boy found a knife seemingly dumped or even hidden in Cheltenham town centre.
The 27-year-old was walking with her six-year-old son at the lower end of the High Street when the boy went behind one of the trees in Poole way.
The woman was astonished when the boy said: “Mum, there’s a knife here.”
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She said: “I looked behind the tree and there was a knife there. It wasn’t serrated, but it was sharp-looking. My son could have stood on it or easily picked it up.
“I was really shaken. I called the police to report it, but I wanted to get away from there as quickly as possible.”
Although the reason for the knife’s presence behind the tree is not known, the young woman was seriously spooked. She said: “There was a definite ‘hidden’ or ‘dumped’ vibe about it. I was shaken.”
After reporting the knife to the police, the woman called GloucestershireLive.
A reporter visited the scene and found the knife behind one of the trees lining Poole Way near the Royal Mail sorting office.
It’s a non-serrated kitchen knife with a sharply tapered end. The blade is three inches long.
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After contacting the police, GloucestershireLive’s reporter removed the knife on officer’s advice to prevent anyone else finding it.
It comes after a rise of knife crime in the county, with multiple reports of stabbings in recent months, including the fatal stabbing of 16-year-old Ramarmi Corsby in Stratton Road in Gloucester.
The Put the Knives Down Gloucester group was set up in the immediate aftermath of Mr Crosby’s death.
Dursley teenager, Josh Hall was just 17 when he was fatally stabbed by a boy in April 2021, who was just 15 at the time.
The boy, now 16, was found guilty of murder by a jury who took three hours and nine minutes to deliver the verdict – the defendant burst into tears and hugged his mum before being sent to the cells – click here for more.
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