Stab vests: fashion statement or target?

Anti-knife campaigners are warning that a new fashion trend for replica stab vests is glamorising violence.

Sky News has found several major retailers selling so-called “tactical vests” which look like the real thing, but offer no protection.

It comes as knife crime offences in the UK are at a record high.

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