Bad times
Sir: Rod Liddle’s ‘How to get stabbed’ (Liddle Britain, 5 July) was perceptive and spot on in all respects. The last three homicides I attended involved multiple stabbings and sexual assault. All three perpetrators had imbibed vast quantities of lager and had snorted lines of cocaine. They had spent hours clubbing and having what is called ‘a good time’. All three victims had been similarly engaged using skunk cannabis and alcohol.
These six individuals were part of the 24-hour drinking culture, with alcohol available into the small hours in pubs, clubs and supermarkets. Those of us on the front line are seeing more violence year on year. As I write (4 July) yet another south London teenager has been stabbed to death. It is all very well Her Majesty’s Government telling us that ‘overall crime is falling’. This is cold comfort to the parents bereaved by these atrocious crimes. Dr Robin Moffat
Police Surgeon, London Consultant in Clinical Forensic Medicine Brighton, East Sussex
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