A law that prohibits Ninja Swords will come into effect by summer after a ‘relentless’ campaign by the family of a murdered teenager.
Ronan Kanda (16) was kill with a ninja -sgard trains from his home in Wolverhampton in 2022 in a case of wrong identity.
Now, the last part of Ronan’s law, A series of measures against the knives crime will make it illegal to own, sell, make or import Ninja value from August 1.
Ronan Kanda, 16, was stabbed to death in Wolverhampton in Wolverhampton in 2022
The ban will be offered before Parliament on Thursday and will come into effect in the summer as soon as it has received approval.
Ronan’s mother, Pooja Kanda, said: “Today is a very important day for us as a family and our campaign.
“Since we lost our beautiful son Ronan, we fought relentlessly for a ban on Ninja value – the deadly weapon that took his life.
“We believe that Ninja value has no place in our society, except to cause serious damage and kill.”
Ms Kanda added: “Each step towards the tackle of mes crime is a step towards our son Ronan.”
Anyone who is privately captured with a Ninja sword can be sentenced to six months imprisonment, which will rise to two years under plans in the Crime and Policing Bill.
The weapons can be handed over in the surrender of knives or local police stations under a surrender scheme presented in July.
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In terms of Ronan’s law, the home office also announced a series of measures, including that retailers report bulk or suspicious sales to the police, and increase the prison sentence for selling weapons to children, or illegal blades such as zombie knives, to two years.
Home Affairs Minister Yvette Cooper said: “We are urgently emerging to bring measures to prevent deadly weapons from getting into the wrong hands and will continue to do what is needed to prevent young people from being killed in the streets as part of our mission to halve mescreen the next decade.”
Ben Kinsella Trust CEO Patrick Green also supported the ban and added: “These weapons, with no practical purpose above violence, are merely war instruments and have absolutely no place in our society or in our streets.”
Two teenagers – Prabjeet Veadhasa and Sukhman Shergill – were sentenced to a total of 34 years in prison for the murder of Ronan.
