Putney Heath stabbing

Reports are coming in of a stabbing on Putney Heath by the bus terminus opposite the Green Man Pub. Fortunately, it's understood that the victim, in his 20s, is in a stable condition in hospital.

There is very little detail beyond this available at the moment.

UPDATE 1 (9pm Sunday): The Wandsworth Guardian is reporting that two men have been arrested over this stabbing, which is a good result within 12 hours of the incident. This again goes to show that it is not policing and criminal justice that is the problem here because those who commit these crimes are being caught, prosecuted and convicted; but rather stopping youths carrying knives in the first place.

It can't be said often enough: carry a knife and you'll either end up in jail, or dead.

UPDATE 2 (2pm Monday): The Sun has come up with some of the absurd, hysterical sensationalist nonsense reporting that gives tabloids a bad name. In today's paper they quote an anonymous "local" person as saying: "After 10pm its like a war-zone round here."

This is, supposedly, someone's opinion and they have a right to it, but it's a ridiculous, baseless assertion that is completely at odds with the area this crime occurred in. The fact is that Putney is substantially safer than both London AND Wandsworth borough as a whole - and West Putney, where this incident happened, is one of the safest parts of our safe community.

I reported on the latest crime figures for Putney, Roehampton and Southfields here only a couple of days ago. Knife crime is serious enough to grab the headlines in its own right without The Sun attempting to draw parallels between generally peaceful, tranquil and sedate Putney Heath and Chechnya or Columbia.

UPDATE 3 (3pm Tuesday): Two youths, neither of them seemingly from the Putney area, have now been charged with the incident. One has been charged with GBH, the other with assisting an offender.