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A father-of-two has created a stab-resistant tracksuit for teenagers worried about knife crime.

Product designer Craig Morris, 48, of Southwell, said he couldn't sit back and watch another life being lost to knife crime.

He decided to act after the death of 14-year-old Arnold boy Jaden Moodie who was hunted down and stabbed by a rival gang in January 2019 in London.

It took the gang just 14 seconds to end his life.

Mr Morris, who has a 17-year-old son and 21-year-old daughter, said he wanted to not only protect his own children but those at significant risk of being caught up in knife crime.

Urbn clothing took six months of research and testing, and thousands of pounds of his own money, to develop the products.

He has created a puffer jacket and tracksuit but said the fabric, made up of two layers, could also be sewn inside young people's designer clothing.

(Image: Craig Morris)

Mr Morris, who is a retail consultant by trade, said it is not a replacement stab-proof vest but a "fashion garment" for those worried or at risk of knife crime.

It is not certified to stab vest standards, but he claims it is "stab and cut resistant" and can prevent a fatal stabbing from happening.

He told Nottinghamshire Live: "The one that really got me was Jaden Moodie who went to London and got stabbed to death.

"It is a street level problem where the only answer to a knife is another knife.

"There has got to be a different way. I refuse to believe we have created a generation of murderers.

"Kids are carrying knives because they are scared.

"I thought no one else is doing anything, what happens if you make the knife irrelevant? What happens if it does not do anything?"

(Image: Craig Morris)

He said the products are aimed at protecting the torso and abdomen as they are vital organs that can cause a victim to bleed out immediately once stabbed.

He said this was not a business and all money made from the products would be pumped back into community projects to educate kids.

He has tested the product on both himself and his teenage son, and while both bruised from the impact, he said none of them obtained knife injuries.

"It is desperately needed. If we can get one kid home alive it, will have been worth it," he added.

(Image: Joseph Raynor/ Nottingham Post)

Nottingham rapper, Jah Digga, 33, whose brother died after being stabbed in a St Ann's pub, believes the product has merit.

He will never forget the night his 18-year-old brother, Remi Samuels, was stabbed to death in the Westminster pub in St Ann's Well Road in front of horrified customers.

He said: "I think it is good if it can reduce the knife crime rate. Will kids buy this clothing? I don't know. It will be down to the promotion.

"Kids are taking knives into schools. I think if you market it at the parents, because they don't want their kids exposed to it, they will buy these track suits for them."

Police and Crime Commissioner Paddy Tipping said: "We would be more than happy to meet him to talk about it.

"But the main aim is to stop people carrying knives rather than mitigating injury. It is an interesting idea."