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Retailers that promote knives ought to be licensed in the identical manner as people who promote weapons, a former policing chief has stated after it emerged {that a} teen killer purchased 79 blades from the identical web site.
Rayis Nibeel, 17, was one of many attackers who stabbed Omar Khan, 38, throughout a drug deal gone unsuitable.
He had amassed weapons price £1,000, together with swords, machetes and the knife used within the homicide. Festus Akinbusoye, Britain’s first black police and crime commissioner, stated this could not have been allowed, and referred to as for extra regulation together with necessary permits.
Rayis Nibeel, 17, (pictured) had amassed weapons price £1,000, together with swords, machetes and the knife used within the homicide
![Nibeel was one of the attackers who stabbed Omar Khan, 38, (pictured) during a drug deal gone wrong](https://i0.wp.com/i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/05/26/20/85359495-13461957-image-a-2_1716750697230.jpg?resize=634%2C661&ssl=1)
Nibeel was one of many attackers who stabbed Omar Khan, 38, (pictured) throughout a drug deal gone unsuitable
‘[The] Authorities must urgently take a look at making certain all retailers of sure knives and blades objects are licensed as are those that promote firearms for, say, looking,’ the ex-Bedfordshire PCC stated. ‘It will require vetting, proof of protected storage and affirmation of utilization.’
Nibeel, who’s starting a 20-year sentence, used his mom’s ID to bypass age verification checks to purchase weapons from UK-based DNA Leisure. His purchases included knife units in addition to 39 looking knives, 15 machetes and 12 swords. Nibeel could be named after St Albans Crown Court docket lifted an anonymity order final week.
The weapons have been delivered to his house in Luton earlier than he and Umer Choudhury, 18, stabbed their sufferer final September. The youngsters had purchased the weapons on-line over 13 transactions with the intention of robbing their drug vendor, their trial heard.
![Nibeel, who is beginning a 20-year sentence, used his mother's ID to bypass age verification checks to buy weapons from UK-based DNA Leisure](https://i0.wp.com/i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/05/26/20/85359497-13461957-image-a-4_1716750846519.jpg?resize=634%2C385&ssl=1)
Nibeel, who’s starting a 20-year sentence, used his mom’s ID to bypass age verification checks to purchase weapons from UK-based DNA Leisure
![The weapons were delivered to Nibeel's home in Luton before he and Umer Choudhury, 18, (pictured) stabbed their victim last September](https://i0.wp.com/i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/05/26/20/85359493-13461957-image-a-3_1716750800542.jpg?resize=634%2C633&ssl=1)
The weapons have been delivered to Nibeel’s house in Luton earlier than he and Umer Choudhury, 18, (pictured) stabbed their sufferer final September
Police solely found the hyperlink to DNA Leisure after talking to a neighbour who had accepted a package deal for {the teenager}. Following a BBC investigation, DNA Leisure stated Nibeel had dedicated fraud. ‘We used an age-verified courier to ship the parcel.
We didn’t break the legislation in any manner,’ it added.
In 2022, Ronan Kanda was murdered with a sword purchased from the identical retailer, additionally utilizing false identification.
Police forces recorded 49,489 knife crimes in 2023, up from 46,153 the earlier yr. The variety of robberies involving a knife elevated by a fifth.