A man from Brixton has been entered into a programme that aims to stop young people from getting involved in devastating knife crime.
Dorai Harrison has been given a two-year knife crime prevention order (KCPO) after he finishes a six-month prison sentence for carrying a knife in a public place.
Harrison, 23, will not be allowed to go into certain areas in his neighbourhood over the two-year period, will have to attend a knife crime awareness course and cannot incite violence on social media.
KCPOs were launched by the Met Police earlier this year and are given to people as young as 12 who are known to carry knives regularly or is convicted of a knife crime offence. They aim to divert people away from crime and give them other options.
Harrison was sentenced to six months in prison in September after being stopped by police in Stratford, east London, earlier this year. He was found to be carrying a knife and was arrested.
Detective Constable Ashley Hooker, who led the investigation, said: “Knife Crime Prevention Orders give us the opportunity to work with people engaging in criminal activity by supporting them to make better lifestyle changes.
“These orders are another valuable option we use as part of our commitment to tacking violence in London.
“We will continue exploiting all preventative and enforcement tactics and powers available to us, to help create lasting solutions in targeting violent crime.”
The maximum penalty for breaching a KCPO is two years in prison, a fine, or both.