Sadiq Khan knighthood is betrayal of knife crime victims… it’s a disgrace, says devastated step-mum of Jodie Chesney
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THE stepmum of a schoolgirl who was stabbed to death says Labour has betrayed knife crime victims by giving Sadiq Khan a knighthood. Girl scout Jodie Chesney, 17, was murdered in a London park in March 2019 by two thugs who mistook her for a rival gang member.
![[The stepmum of murdered schoolgirl Jodie Chesney says Labour has betrayed knife crime victims by giving Sadiq Khan a knighthood]](https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/jodie-chesney-knifed-death-harold-869770501.jpg?strip=all&w=675)
Now stepmum Joanne says the capital’s mayor — knighted in the New Year Honours for political and public service — is being rewarded for failure with stabbings in the city rocketing in recent years. Joanne, 42, said: “To give him a knighthood is an absolute joke.
![[Girl Scout Jodie was stabbed to death by drug dealers just four months after proudly posing outside the door of No10]](https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/good-opportunity-much-fun-festivalofremembrance-473159452.jpg?strip=all&w=960)
“It not only makes a mockery of the entire system, it’s also a betrayal of knife crime victims and their families, like myself. “My message to Khan would be, do the decent thing and turn down your knighthood until you have tackled knife crime in the capital.”.
![[Hated London Mayor Khan has overseen a spike in violent and petty crime in the capital, outraging much of the nation]](https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/mayor-london-sadiq-khan-attends-931967875.jpg?strip=all&w=677)
Just four months before her death in Harold Hill, East London, Jodie proudly posed outside the door of No10 Downing Street. But now her stepmum claims Sir Sadiq “seems reluctant to talk about knife crime” and says he has refused to meet her. Joanne, who raised Jodie from the age of six, said: “He seems intent on sweeping the entire issue under the carpet and pretending knife crime is not happening.
“But violence is spiralling in the capital and the victims keep on getting younger and younger. “So for the London Mayor to fail to tackle it — or even make tackling it a priority — it is an utter disgrace and the government should not be rewarding him for failure.”.
