A knife has been found by a child outside of a town centre primary school.

The blade was discovered in a busy alleyway that runs alongside the Victoria Road Primary School in Ashford earlier today.

Police quickly recovered the discarded weapon, which was found less than a mile's walk away from the scene of the fatal stabbing of Jaydon McFarlane on Saturday.

A Kent Police spokesman said: "We were called shortly after 9am after a member of the public found a knife in Victoria Park, Ashford.

"Officers attended and recovered the knife for examination and a further search was carried out of the area."

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