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Heartbroken mother of teenager stabbed to death demands blanket ban on carrying knives

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Surrounded by pictures of her second eldest child in her lounge, Cameron Hamilton’s mother Sarah stumbles over her words as she imagines how things could have turned out so differently had a teenager not brought a knife to Bournemouth town centre on a Friday night.

The 18-year-old she describes as a “lovely, good boy” died after being stabbed in the chest with a 5in (12.5cm) blade during a fight in August 2023.

The tragedy has been followed

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