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Hundreds take to streets in protest at knife killing

HUNDREDS of people have taken part in a protest march against knife crime in their community after a young man was stabbed to death.

PROTEST: Maureen Douglass, mother of knife victim Paul, pictured below, leads a march by people of East Kilbride against Scotland's blade culture. Picture: Phil Rider/Lighthouse Images
PROTEST: Maureen Douglass, mother of knife victim Paul, pictured below, leads a march by people of East Kilbride against Scotland's blade culture. Picture: Phil Rider/Lighthouse Images

Friends and family of Paul Douglass took to the streets to remember him and to denounce Scotland’s knife culture.

Paul, known to friends as PJ, was aged just 20 when he was stabbed outside a house party in the Greenhills area of East Kilbride last month.

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