Sexy Beast legend Ray Winstone says he is “terrified” of letting his daughters and grandchildren go out because of knife crime “for fear they ain’t coming back.” In an exclusive interview, movie hardman Ray, 67, says: “The reality is that I’m terrified of letting my girls and grandson out. “I’m talking about a normal, rural area - for fear they ain’t coming back.
” Ray, whose daughters Lois, 42, Jamie, 39, and Ellie Rae, 23, are all actors, also has an eight-year-old grandson, Raymond. But he fears for their safety, because of mindless violence on our streets and says no one is successfully tackling the knife crime epidemic. "It’s growing all the time,” he says.
“Every time I turn on the telly, someone is affected by it, some family is affected by it. “Governments don’t talk about it enough, and when they do, they don’t do nothing about it. “This is affecting our youth, our kids growing up, all walks of life.
“And nothing is done, as if it doesn’t really matter. “It’s just another statistic that goes on the back page, that’s how we look at it. “We can scream and shout and stamp our feet about it as much as we like, but until someone does something, it’s irrelevant.
" Ray became patron of The Rob Knox Foundation after filming a documentary on the 18-year-old actor’s murder. He has also backed calls for compulsory knife crime lessons in schools, following an initiative launched by Rob’s dad Colin Knox and Martin Cosser, whose .
