TWO hundred harmless looking key-rings that transformed into deadly, razor sharp knives were feared to be circulating.
The small white key-ring, about three inches long, opened up into a scalpel-type knife capable of mutilating a person. Hyndburn councillor Peter Britcliffe was horrified when he was handed one.
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