Family of murdered man gives talks at school about knife crime in South West

There was no movement, no murmuring, no loss of concentration as Mrs. Dustan told the story of a Saturday night gone wrong.

“My brother was stabbed in the stomach,” he told the group of Year 10 students.

“He hit two arteries in the stomach and bled internally within three minutes of receiving that injury.”

There was an audible sadness in his voice as he continued.

“A stab wound. He was big, bigger than me. One stab wound and that took my person, my brother, away from me.”

Mrs Dustan told the children, aged between 14 and 15, about the man who “chose to carry a knife that night”.

Jake Hill, who was 24 at the time of the stabbing, was sentenced to a minimum of 28 years in prison after being found guilty of murder.

“He will not be released until he is at least 53 years old, his son will be 29. He will have missed his son’s entire childhood because of his choice that night,” he said.

He also spoke to students about the compassion he feels for Jake Hill’s family, whom he described as “kind, loving, lovely people.”