U-turn blunts PM's strategy to cut knife crime on streets / Independent, 15 July 2008
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/uturn-blunts-pms-strategy-to-cut-knife-crime-on-streets-867614.html
Andrew Grice and Nigel Morris
"The Government's attempt to reassure the public over knife crime backfired when it was forced to retreat over a controversial plan for offenders to meet victims in hospitals. Jacqui Smith, the Home Secretary, who floated the idea on Sunday, was accused of making a hasty U-turn yesterday. She said she was talking about criminals who had used knives meeting doctors and other health staff – not patients who were victims of knife attacks."