Kinsella family plan concert

Last Modified: 19 Jul 2008
Source: ITN

The family of murdered teenager Ben Kinsella are planning a concert with an anti-knife crime message.

Ben, the brother of former EastEnders actress Brooke Kinsella, died after he was stabbed during a night out in north London.

Stars from the world of entertainment were among more than 1,000 mourners who attended his funeral on Friday.

Miss Kinsella, who played Kelly Taylor in the TV soap, said now the funeral is over she feels "stronger" and more able to fight knife crime.

"We need to do something about it and this concert will show the Government people care and want a change.

"All the families want this to show their children have not died in vain.

"This is the change to make a difference."

The concert will be held on Sunday September 21 at Finsbury Park in north London and tickets will be available for 40,000 people.

More information will be released soon on the website www.benkinsella.org.uk

Also at the funeral service at St John the Evangelist Roman Catholic Church, in Islington, were former EastEnders' stars Michelle Ryan, Gillian Taylforth and James Alexandrou, Birds of a Feather actress Linda Robson and Islington North Labour MP Jeremy Corbyn.

Ben was stabbed several times in York Way, Islington, after a fight in a bar spilled out on to the streets on June 29.

Juress Kika, 18, Michael Alleyne, 18, and Jade Braithwaite, 19, have been charged with his murder and remanded in custody until October 13.

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