{"id":641112,"date":"2025-12-18T23:05:22","date_gmt":"2025-12-18T23:05:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/641112\/"},"modified":"2025-12-18T23:05:22","modified_gmt":"2025-12-18T23:05:22","slug":"mother-of-brutally-murdered-edinburgh-man-petitions-council-for-bleed-kits","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/641112\/","title":{"rendered":"Mother of \u201cbrutally murdered\u201d Edinburgh man petitions council for bleed kits"},"content":{"rendered":"

THE City of\u00a0Edinburgh Council<\/a> will consider the introduction of \u201cbleed kits\u201d<\/a> to help curb knife crime, following the urging of the mum of a\u00a0man killed in an alleged\u00a0stabbing.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Lisa Petrie\u00a0is\u00a0the mother of John McNab,\u00a022,\u00a0who was\u00a0fatally injured\u00a0on Great Junction Street in Leith<\/a> in September.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Now, the 44-year-old has\u00a0petitioned\u00a0Edinburgh\u00a0Council to introduce first aid kits designed specifically for stab wounds.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Bleed kits are specialized first aid kits for controlling catastrophic bleeding from severe injuries like stab wounds using tourniquets, gauze, trauma dressings, gloves, and shears.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\"The<\/a>The City of Edinburgh Council will consider the introduction of bleed kits in schools and it community centres, with just a handful available throughout Scotland (C) Neil Owen \/ Wikimedia Commons<\/p>\n

There are\u00a0reportedly only\u00a0six\u00a0of these kits publicly available in Scotland, compared to more than 3,000 in England.\u00a0<\/p>\n

A new motion\u00a0submitted\u00a0by Councillor Susan Rae of\u00a0the\u00a0Greens asks the\u00a0council to consider the introduction of bleed kits in secondary schools and community buildings.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The motion\u00a0notes\u00a0a recent increase in knife crime in Edinburgh, particularly in the retail sector and among young people.\u00a0<\/p>\n

It therefore requests that council officers write a business bulletin outlining the potential costs of involved with providing all secondary schools and community centres with bleed kits.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The motion would also see the council write to the UK and Scottish Governments to explore steps which could make it more difficult to obtain knives.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Lisa\u00a0has backed this motion and believes that wider distribution of these kits could save lives in Edinburgh and Scotland.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Giving a deputation to the council prior to their debate on the issue, she said: \u201cIn the early hours of the morning on Tuesday\u00a02\u00a0September, my son was brutally murdered.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cMy John was my world.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

She went on to describe how ease of access to bleed kits could have helped save her son\u2019s life.\u00a0<\/p>\n

She wants to remember her son by ensuring that as many measures as possible are put in place to prevent something like John\u2019s death from\u00a0reoccurring.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Lisa\u00a0described the simplicity of learning how to use a bleed kit: \u201cI did a training course through the\u00a0Millennium\u00a0Centre, and they went through every scenario, whether it be a stab, or whether it be an impalement, or a serious accident.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was \u00a329 and it took two hours.\u201d<\/p>\n

Also raised were questions about how easy it is to buy knives in Edinburgh and potential mitigation measures which the governments in Holyrood and Westminster, as well as the council, could bring into force.<\/p>\n

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