A dad who sliced his hand open on a razor blade embedded in a child's swing has warned other parents of the danger, sharing pictures o...
A dad who sliced his hand open on a razor blade embedded in a child's swing has warned other parents of the danger, sharing pictures of his deeply wounded hand.
The blade was found in a children's park in Wester Inch in Bathgate, West Lothian, Scotland after father Ross Lambert cut his hand on the embedded blade.
Ross Lambert shared the incident on Facebook yesterday posting: 'Took my daughter and dog to the little park at wester inch found this embedded in the wooden shelter of the slide.
The hand of father Ross Lambert bloodied by a concealed blade in a child's play park
'What little scumbag does this? imagine it was a 4-year-old that 'found' it rather than me! UPDATE, my injury turned out a lot worse than it looked, luckily only ended up with 3 very painful stitches!
'But a couple of return trips to hospital in the near future!'
The images shared 4.1k times on Facebook attracted many comments from those disgusted by the hidden blade.
Colin MacIntyre commented: 'What sort of scumbag would do this. A kids park ffs.'
Ross Lambert's open wound caused by the blade before he had three stitches
The blade that caused the injury purposefully stuck into the wood of the child's swing in a park
Fiona Nicolson wrote: 'That's awful how anyone could even think of such a disgusting thing to do. These people are evil.'
Facebook user Darren Brown warned others to be vigilant: 'Everyone be aware as this might spread like wildfire threw the idiots and scum that do these things!'
The incident comes just days after a school girl discovered a blade hidden in a highlighter pen in her school bag.
The 12-year-old, who attends Boldon School in South Tyneside, discovered the highlighter which had been adapted to contain a blade on Thursday night.
A knife hidden in an adapted highlighter pen, which was discovered by a 12-year-old pupil in her school bag, leading Boldon School in South Tyneside to launch an investigation
A spokesperson for Boldon School said: 'We appreciate tensions are running high with knife crime on the agenda at a national level.
'We were alerted to this particular incident by a post on social media on Thursday evening and immediately carried out a thorough investigation.
'This has included talking to students about the risks of such irresponsible behaviour and carrying out random voluntary bag searches. We will deal with any pupils found to be involved in this type of activity in the appropriate manner.
'This is something we take extremely seriously and would urge any parents or members of the public who have any concerns or information to contact the school direct.
'We want to assure people keeping our students safe is a top priority for us.'
The girl is not being named but a relative said: 'She was hysterical and when I asked her what was wrong, she handed me the highlighter with a blade in it.
'She said someone had put it in her bag.
'She hates anything like this and I was shocked that someone would do this.
Boldon School in South Tyneside have launched an investigation after being told one of their pupils found a knife disguised in a highlighter pen in her bag
'It's ridiculous people are making things like this - it could cause someone serious harm.'
Pat McDougall, grandmother of South Tyneside schoolboy Glen Corner who was stabbed to death on his 16th birthday, in 2006, said: 'This has absolutely shocked me. What is the world coming to, where kids are making weapons like this?
'The young girl has definitely done the right thing by telling an adult.
'And I would always encourage anyone who knows of anyone who is carrying a knife to tell a responsible adult - as by doing so you could help save a life and stop a family having their hearts ripped apart like we have.'
A Northumbria Police spokesperson said: 'We have not been contacted about this particular incident but we would always encourage people to call police if they believe somebody could be in possession of a knife and we will take appropriate action.'
The highlighter knife is the kind of weapon you'd find in a prison. Boldon must be one tough school.
ReplyDeleteWhere the hell do you find a 'responsible adult'?
ReplyDeleteAs for the blades on the slide, they have been doing this for 60 years. (to my knowledge)
We learned to watch out for stuff like this as a kid.
Some people think that it is funny.
Superglue on toilets and door handles is another favourite.