Ronan Kanda: 'They've got a sentence, but we've got a life sentence' - Victim's father

I can only begin to imagine how difficult this must have been. Victim witness impact statements. The personal statements you gave in court were absolutely heartbreaking. What is your reaction now that the

sentence

has been handed down? It doesn't matter how long the

sentence

is. is or will never be enough, you know, it seems like I think the justice system needs to introduce harsher sentences because for me I mean, well, there were 16 at the time and

they

took that into consideration their age, but for me I think the sentences that I've seen, the legal system needs to change because crimes against

life

are just an epidemic in this country and it's going to continue and the deterrence doesn't exist, you know the sentences need to be stricter, the law needs to become stricter and fairer.

Overall, I think we need to do something in this country to tackle knife crime because it is a huge problem. I mean, we were shocked when we discovered how easily these hideous weapons had been purchased. Definitely, definitely, I mean, it's just a ridiculous amount of pocket money and then. you know you could get a um a gun and these people were the ones that you bought these guns um you know aliases you know other names you know parents whatever and it's very easy for them to get and the worst thing was when this um when he left to pick up his gun that day I wasn't even there, that's ideal.

I think he just went there, grabbed his own package and left and I'm just thinking how easy it is. You know, we heard from your

victim

. Previous statements about how this has affected you. It has been devastating for the family. I mean, how can you even begin to try to cope? Does this sentence today help you move forward? Because obviously

they

have a sentence, but we have a death. quote about a

life

sentence I'm sorry, we're never going to recover from this, you know, it's the fact that it's going to affect us for the rest of our lives, you know, and we can't recover from this, we've lost our innocent child and why and for nothing it's just ridiculous I thank you if I couldn't talk to you now I know this is a very difficult day for you you were so brave to give that

victim

statement earlier today you spoke so passionately about your beautiful young man that you will miss him How do you feel now ?

Can this help you move forward now that the legal part of this tragic event is over? There is no way to move forward with this. It's not for a mother. I will always miss my son. I will always think about how it happened to him. how it happened to him how easily they get these swords and what they did with this brutality I would always always have to live without not only this will this is not justice for me 16 years for a murder of a 16 year old boy by a 16 year old boy children , this is not good enough, it is not good enough according to the law.

I think so, we need to do something much stronger, much bigger, to stop this nonsense because juvenile delinquency is everywhere, it's everywhere recently and I'm sick, I'm sick of hearing it, I'm sick of hearing other mothers who They also lose their children, we are becoming a larger community that is losing their children for no reason due to knife crime and my son did nothing wrong, he was just walking he was coming right he was two doors away from his house and We miss him so much I don't know how far I can live beyond this pain but I miss so much my child is lost you your brother you talked about him as being the glue that held the family together, you asked for justice inside the courtroom today, did you? do you have justice? um no we don't get justice unfortunately we will never get justice the way you easily know acquiring these knives and murdering my only brother never will. get justice unfortunately though, we are campaigning for your shallows against knife crime, we are organizing marches, you know, this is our campaign, we want to tell everyone how beautiful Ron and Kanda were and the way they It was, it's not fair and unfortunately I can.

I don't see Ronan being the last child to go like this, he belongs to my brother Ronan Kanda is the most beautiful child on this planet. It's incredible, we will be marching on July 19 against knife crime and we are going to The starting point is where Ronan's life was taken. Yes, so if anyone wants to join us, please do. This mother would like your help to make this a success against knife crime.