In this special report, Sky's Martin Brunt looks at London's knife crime epidemic, and claims that the courts and prisons are not doing enough to help police tackle the problem.

There were 80 fatal stabbings in London last year, the highest number for almost a decade, leading to an increase in officers' use of controversial stop and search powers.

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