Prime Minister Gordon Brown gives monthly press conference

Prime Minister Gordon Brown gives monthly press conference; Question SOT - 14 year old David Idowu was stabbed to death in London three weeks ago, he died of his wounds this time last week. I spoke extensively with his friends and family, obviously devastated. They are watching this now, what is your message to them? Brown answer SOT - My message is we will do everything in our power to root out knives from our community, that it is unacceptable for young people to carry a knife. We are going to take the toughest possible measures to enforce action against knives, we are going to strengthen, as I have said, the punishments that are available to the courts to deal with knives. We have done that already, we continue to do that. And I want every young person in London to know that it is unacceptable to go out into the streets or into the neighbourhoods of London at night or at any point during the day carrying a knife. The message has got to be very clear: you are more at risk by carrying a knife than by not carrying a knife, it is completely unacceptable to the rest of the community for young people to arm themselves with knives, and if you are caught with a knife you will be prosecuted and you will be punished.