Peter Ross at Large: Pain of Knife Crime Etched Deep Into Survivors and Bereaved

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IT CAN'T be easy to stand up in a room of more than 500 people and talk about the worst thing that ever happened to you. For one man at this public meeting in Greenock Town Hall the challenge is physical as well as emotional. The 27-year-old rises slowly, pushing himself up on crutches, leans into the microphone, and in a halting yet determined voice tells his story.

"My name is Steven Hughes," he says, "and I was attacked with a knife. I had six operations and I ended up losing my leg." He starts crying and breathes out hard. "It's still very hard for me. It's awful hard for my dad and family as well. So..."

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Peter Ross at Large: Pain of Knife Crime Etched Deep Into Survivors and Bereaved

He can't go on. Sits down and puts his face in his arms to loud applause. This is the Inverclyde Knife Crime Conference, organised by the Greenock Telegraph and John Muir, a 69-year-old whose 34- year-old son Damian was stabbed to death in 2007. Muir has since ca...

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