Stab family backs football scheme

A football team setting out to educate children about the dangers of knives and guns has been backed by the family of an 18-year-old stabbing victim.

Charlton Athletic is in talks with Sally Knox, mother of Rob Knox, who was stabbed to death in Sidcup in May.

The club is using football to tackle the problem of street violence through activities in schools and estates in south east London and Kent.

The community programme involves football coaches visiting schools and estates across Greenwich, Bexley and Kent to talk to children and educate them about the dangers of weapons.

Mr Morgan said: "The power of football is extraordinary, and youngsters respond far more to someone in a tracksuit than the traditional delivery approaches.

"It is our intention to get education resource packs to every child in Greenwich, Bexley and Kent."

Karl Bishop, 21, from Sidcup, has been charged murdering Rob Knox and wounding five other people. He is due to appear at the Old Bailey on 2 September.