'People carry knives because there's a fear factor': What life is like for young gang

A teenage gang member has told Sky News he carries a knife because "when you're around those people, you kind of have no choice but to do it". He says he fears leaving the house and running into a rival gang unarmed. It comes as the sentencing of two of Britain's youngest ever knife killers gets underway after the murder of a 19-year-old man in a random machete attack last year. Two 12-year-old boys were convicted in June of killing Shawn Seesahai in Wolverhampton. The West Midlands is the worst region in the UK for knife crime. Sky's Becky Cotterill went there to make sense of the problem. Read more: https://news.sky.com/story/west-midlands-police-reveal-what-they-think-is-driving-knife-crime-amid-familys-shock-at-age-of-killers-13221750 #knifecrime #uknews #skynews SUBSCRIBE to our YouTube channel for more videos: http://www.youtube.com/skynews Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/skynews Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/skynews Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/skynews Follow us on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@skynews For more content go to http://news.sky.com and download our apps: Apple https://itunes.apple.com/gb/app/sky-news/id316391924?mt=8 Android https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.bskyb.skynews.android&hl=en_GB Sky News Daily podcast is available for free here: https://podfollow.com/skynewsdaily/ Sky News videos are now available in Spanish here/Los video de Sky News están disponibles en español aquí: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCzG5BnqHO8oNlrPDW9CYJog To enquire about licensing Sky News content, you can find more information here: https://news.sky.com/info/library-sales