Mikey's mother speaks of her continuing grief for stabbed son

4:07pm Tuesday 6th May 2008

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The mother of Mikey Brown, who was stabbed to death in a Kingston nightclub, has spoken about her enduring grief for the son she said had "never given her any trouble".

Claudette Brown, of New Addington, also called for the governments to introduce tougher sentences for people carrying knives and for all nightclubs to use metal detectors.

I’m empty, I feel exactly the same as when it first happened and my seven-year-old daughter cries every other day. "

Claudette Brown

"I'm empty, I feel exactly the same as when it first happened and my seven-year-old daughter cries every other day.

"Hundreds of people have contacted me saying how much they miss Mikey and how he would cross the street for people he hadn't seen for months to say hello - he wasn't an angel but he didn't forget anybody and never gave me any trouble."

Mikey died in the Works Nightclub, St James Road on June 23 last year.

Shaun Greenidge, 19, of Hilary Avenue, Mitcham, pleaded guilty to manslaughter at the Old Bailey last week.

He will be sentenced on May 30 and the Metropolitan Police confirmed Greenidge had admitted carrying the knife that killed Mikey.

The spokesman said that the random attack on Mikey happened after an minor altercation when a friend of Mikey's bumped into Greenidge's girlfriend on the dancefloor.

This later escalated in the Boiler Bar area of the club where a second fight occurred and Mikey was fatally stabbed.

Kingston police started a positive prosecution policy with the Crown Prosecution service in January with a pledge to arrest and charge everyone found carrying a knife in the borough.

Chief Inspector Cliff Law, said they were "pleased" with how the initiative was progressing.

"In due course we will be reviewing this to measure the positive contribution it has made in taking weapons of the street," he said.