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Ex-gang member says rising poverty is fuelling return to knife crime on Scots streets

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A former gang member who “died” after being stabbed has warned that rising poverty and drug addiction is fuelling a terrifying return to knife crime.

Kenny Trainer believes recent progress in Scotland could be wrecked if teenagers in poor neighbourhoods cannot be given alternatives to hanging around the streets.

Kenny, who dedicated his life to diverting youngsters from violence, helps run the Bluevale Community Club in Dennistoun. The site is close to the scene of the murder of 14-year-old Justin McLaughlin last weekend.

Justin’s death came a day after another brutal attack on a train, where a teenage boy’s head was jumped on, an attack believed to have resulted from gang rivalry in Glasgow’s east end.And it has emerged that Justin was

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