In the same week that a 33-year-old was jailed for four years for stabbing his girlfriend’s brother and in which an appeal was made for doormen to be issued with stab vests, the department said that it was dropping plans for a new law.
Home Affairs Minister Ian Le Marquand said that the proposed law conferring search powers and punishments for carrying bladed and pointed items was not a high priority for his department and was being cut from their plans for 2010.
The law-drafting time already secured will be allocated to other projects – possibly including proposals for a new police authority.
See Saturday’s JEP for full story.
