Tom Kirwan's friends in knife campaign plea

Friends of murdered Wolverhampton man Tom Kirwan, who was stabbed on a night out, have launched a petition calling for tougher sentences for people carrying knives.

The online campaign is aiming to see similar punishment levels for those convicted of having a blade as those who carry firearms.

So far more than 100 people have signed the campaign. It will be sent to the Ministry of Justice once it is complete.

Mr Kirwan, 23, from Oxley, was killed outside Uberra nightclub, in Wednesfield Road, on July 8.

The avid Wolves fan, who worked at Bridgnorth Aluminium, became involved in a nightclub brawl that spilled on to the street outside the nightspot.

The club did not reopen on the weekend following the killing but has since started trading again.

Hundreds of people continue to post tributes to Mr Kirwan on a Facebook group page that now has almost almost 2,000 members.

Mr Kirwan's mother Emer and fiancée Jade Elwell previously spoke of how their lives had been ruined forever.

Four men and one woman have been arrested in connection with Mr Kirwan's killing and have since been released on police bail.