Murdered man’s family give knife crime school talks in South West

There was no shuffling or muttering, and no wavering of concentration as Mrs Dustan told the story of a Saturday night out that went wrong.

“My brother received one stab wound to the stomach,” she told the group of Year 10 students.

“It hit two arteries in the stomach, and he bled out internally within three minutes of receiving that wound.”

There was an audible sadness in her voice as she continued.

“One 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 jail after being found guilty of murder.

“He will not be released until he is 53 at the earliest, his son will be 29. He will have missed out on the entirety of his son’s childhood because of his choice that night,” she said.

She also told the students about the compassion that she feels for Jake Hill’s family, who she described as “kind, caring and lovely people”.