EXCLUSIVE The pocket-money knives on sale for 95p! How blades disguised as keys and even a credit card are being bought by teenagers from Chinese fast fashion giant Shein By Neil Sears Published: 18:31 EDT, 14 June 2024 | Updated: 18:32 EDT, 14 June 2024 e-mail View comments A disturbing array of disguised knives are on sale for pocket-money prices on a controversial fast-fashion website. The Daily Mail bought a range of sinister illegal weapons from the Shein website for as little as 95p, with no age checks. Blades are concealed within what seem to be keys, a lipstick, and even a credit card.
Some are brazenly billed as being for 'self-defence'. Yet it is illegal for anyone to carry a weapon for self-defence, and all 'disguised' knives are banned from sale and possession for adults, let alone children. Despite concerns about Shein's Chinese roots and disputed claims of products made with slave labour, Chancellor Jeremy Hunt and Labour business spokesman Jonathan Reynolds have met company chairman Donald Tang to encourage a proposed £50 billion flotation on the London Stock Exchange .
But last night former Tory justice secretary and judge Sir Robert Buckland said: 'To sell lethal weapons in this way is just criminal, plain and simple. No reputable company should be flouting the law by selling knives to our kids.' The Daily Mail bought a range of sinister illegal weapons from the Shein website for as little as 95p, with no age checks Blades are concealed within what seem to b.
