Plea from mum of Wymondham stab victim Raymond Quigley

Margaret Oakes received the heart-breaking news that her 18-year-old son Raymond James Quigley, from Wymondham, had been stabbed in broad daylight on January 17 in Ipswich.

The 52-year-old is determined to use her son's tragedy to "help people" by introducing bleed control kits.

Raymond James Quigley with his mum, Margaret Oakes (Image: Margaret Oakes)

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The packs - which include pressure dressings, gauze bandages and tourniquets - are designed to prevent stab-related deaths in the same way public defibrillators have been introduced to help reduce heart attack-related deaths.

Mrs Oakes, who moved to Norfolk from London, said: "These kits can be put in with the defibrillator boxes, their own cabinet or can be stored inside a premises.

A bleed control kit, introduced by Lynne Baird, who lost her son Daniel in 2017 in Birmingham (Image: Margaret Oakes)

"It's not just for stab wounds - they can be used for any situation where someone may be suffering from bleeding and can help control it before an ambulance arrives.

"This kit could've saved my son's life if there was one around."

Four people have been arrested in connection with Raymond James Quigley's stabbing.

Alfie Hammett, of Larkhill Rise, Rushmere St Andrew and Joshua Howell, of Wellington Street, Ipswich were charged with murder two days after the incident.

, died after being stabbed in Ipswich in January (Image: Suffolk Constabulary)

On June 20, police also arrested an 18-year-old man from Norwich and a 16-year-old boy from the Fenland area of Cambridgeshire on suspicion of murder.

With cabinets coming in at £420 each and the kits at £102, Mrs Oakes has set up a GoFundMe with the help of Norfolk Accident Rescue Service, to raise money to fund their installation.

She has also had help of Lynne Baird, who lost her son in 2017 to knife crime and set up the first kits in and around Birmingham.

The contents of a bleed control kit (Image: Margaret Oakes)

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"Without her hard work and her helping me I wouldn't be able to do this.

"These kits are hugely important and it can save lives.

"I want to give people a chance because even if it can give someone a few more minutes it could make all the difference."

Raymond James Quigley was stabbed on January 17, in Ipswich (Image: Archant)